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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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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"
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An unsettling, shocking and very funny collection of short stories.
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- PublisherLe Fenici Tascabili
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 8882463141
- ISBN 13 9788882463144
- BindingPaperback
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