The Acid House

ISBN: 9780099435013
Author: Irvine Welsh
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The characters in this extraordinary book are often - on the surface - depraved, vicious, cowardly and manipulative, but their essential humanity is never undermined. Two professors of philosophy turn pugilists; Leith removal men become the objects of desire for Hollywood goddesses; God turns Boab Coyle into a house-fly; and in the novella, 'A Smart Cunt', the drug-addled young hero spins off on a collision course with his past. The Acid House is a bizarre, disturbing and hilarious collection from one of the most uncompromising and original writers around. About the Author Irvine Welsh is the author of six previous works of fiction, most recently Porno. He lives in San Francisco.

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PornoPorno is a sequel to Trainspotting, and builds on the success of that caustic and very funny novel by taking some of the characters through some radical new catastrophes. Sick Boy returns to Edinburgh with his ventures a...
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Omnibus:This volume contains the first three books by Irvine Welsh: "Trainspotting", "The Acid House" and "Marabou Stork Nightmares".
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TrainspottingA jarring, fragmented ride through the dark underbelly of Edinburgh, the festival city. There is not an advocate, a festival performer or a fur coat in sight as, with bitter passion and rancid humour, Welsh lays bare the...
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