The Acid House
1994 book by Irvine Welsh
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The Acid House is a 1994 book by Irvine Welsh,[1] later made into a film of the same name.[2] It is a collection of 22 short stories, with each story (between three and 20 pages) featuring a new set of characters and scenarios.
Stories
- "The Shooter"
- "Eurotrash"
- "Stoke Newington Blues"
- "Vat '96"
- "A Soft Touch"
- "The Last Resort on the Adriatic"
- "Sexual Disaster Quartet"
- "Snuff"
- "A Blockage in the System"
- "Wayne Foster"
- "Where the Debris Meets the Sea"
- "Granny's Old Junk"
- "The House of John Deaf"
- "Across the Hall"
- "Lisa's Mum Meets the Queen Mum"
- "The Two Philosophers"
- "Disnae Matter"
- "The Granton Star Cause"
- "Snowman Building Parts for Rico the Squirrel"
- "Sport for All"
- "The Acid House"
- "A Smart Cunt (A Novella)"
Film adaptation
The 1998 film, The Acid House, directed by Paul McGuigan, dramatizes 3 of the 22 stories from the book - "The Granton Star Cause", "A Soft Touch", and "The Acid House".
References
- ^ Birch, Helen (16 April 1994). "Meeting God down the pub: The Acid House - Irvine Welsh". The Independent. Independent Print Limited. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
- ^ Ford, Matt (11 September 2013). "Irvine Welsh: The 'unfilmable' Filth finally makes it to the big screen". The Independent. Independent Print Limited. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
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Works by Irvine Welsh
- Trainspotting (1993)
- Marabou Stork Nightmares (1995)
- Filth (1998)
- Glue (2001)
- Porno (2002)
- The Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs (2006)
- Crime (2008)
- Skagboys (2012)
- The Sex Lives of Siamese Twins (2014)
- A Decent Ride (2015)
- The Blade Artist (2016)
- Dead Men's Trousers (2018)
- The Acid House (1994)
- Ecstasy (1996)
- If You Liked School You'll Love Work (2007)
- Reheated Cabbage (2009)
- You'll Have Had Your Hole (1998)
- Dose (1998)
- The Acid House (1998)
- Wedding Belles (2007)
- Trainspotting (1996)
- The Acid House (1998)
- Irvine Welsh's Ecstasy (2011)
- Filth (2013)
- T2 Trainspotting (2017)
- Mark Renton
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