The Acid House (Jonathan Cape originals) - Softcover

Welsh, Irvine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0224036858 ISBN 13: 9780224036856

Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1994

Synopsis

The characters in this extraordinary collection are often - on the surface - depraved, vicious, cowardly and manipulative, but their essential humanity is never undermined. Stereotypes are at once celebrated and destroyed, as the protagonists find themselves on unfamiliar ground: two professors of philosophy turn pugilists; Leith removal men become 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. Using a range of approaches, from bitter realism to demented fantasy, Irvine Welsh displays a corrosive wit and a telling accuracy of observation, confronting our perception of our own identities and that of those around us. THE ACID HOUSE is a bizzare, disturbing and hilarious collection from one of the most uncompromising and original writers around.

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Review:

Mind-bendingly good. GQ magazine The collection as a whole is sick, horrific, occasionally moving and very funny. New Statesman Another season in Hell with Irvine Welsh, and God, it s invigorating. New Statesman"

Book Description:

An unsettling, shocking and very funny collection of short stories.

About this edition

• Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0224036858
• ISBN 13: 9780224036856
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304