The Acid House by Irvine Welsh Paperback Book

Description: The Acid House by Irvine Welsh An amusing collection of stories by the author of Trainspotting, in which the characters are often, on the surface, depraved, vicious, cowardly and manipulative, but their essential humanity is never undermined. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description An unsettling, shocking and very funny collection of short stories.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. Notes Reissue of Welshs shocking, funny and unsettling collection of short stories. Back Cover He strafes the airwaves with a cacophonous range of voices, comic, sad, abusive, recalcitrant Scotland on Sunday Another season in hell with Irvine Welsh, and god its invigorating...The collection as a whole is sick, horrific, occasionally moving and very funny New Statesman An unsettling, shocking and very funny collection of stories. The characters in this extraordinarty 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. Told with such vigour and alertness, such scathing, unmerciful humour, such compassion and such reserves of linguistic and structural invention that nobody could come away from them without feeling thoroughly elated Jonathan Coe, Sunday Times Author Biography Irvine Welsh was born and raised in Edinburgh. His first novel, Trainspotting, has sold over one million copies in the UK and was adapted into an era-defining film. He has written thirteen further novels, including the number one bestseller Dead Mens Trousers, four books of shorter fiction and numerous plays and screenplays. Crime and The Long Knives have been adapted into a television series starring Dougray Scott as Ray Lennox. Irvine Welsh currently lives between London, Edinburgh and Miami. Review Every bit as filthy, funny and provocative as the novel that proceeded it [Trainspotting]… Welshs first collection of short stories is a riot of colourful characters, eye-watering vernacular and imaginative story-telling. This is one of Britains best writers in his swaggering pomp, and the result is brilliantly addictive. * Esquire * Promotional An unsettling, shocking and very funny collection of short stories. Kirkus US Review A collection of 21 stories and one novella - Welshs second book, but his first published stateside - that will inevitably be compared to last years Booker winner, James Kelman. The Scottish dialect, the urban lowlife characters, and the vulgar slang all make a similar claim to authenticity. Welshs punters prowl the streets of Edinburgh, not Kelmans Glasgow, a distinction likely to be lost on most American readers. In any case, not all of his mean and grungy stories rely on a thick Scottish brogue, though a number of casual pieces are one-joke gimmicks. In the sci-fi-ish "Vat 96," a head is kept alive in a jar while "his" wife entertains men in his presence; for "Where the Debris Meets the Sea," four Hollywood glamour girls sit poolside and comment on the bodies of working-class men. Such simple reversal is at the center of the title story, in which a newborn and a teenaged acid head exchange bodies in a freak lightning storm. Welshs best stories, including the novella, "A Smart Cunt," are mostly days-in-the-lives of aimless, drug-addled fellows who live for sex, football, and violence (often in combination). In "Eurotrash," the narrator goes to Amsterdam to kick his habit, and has an affair with a "repulsive and ugly" woman who turns out to be a transsexual. "Grannys Old Junk" packs a clever punch when its revealed that the little old lady whos about to be ripped off by her junky grandson is a longtime user herself. Such brutal ironies come easily to Welsh, as does a nihilism that seems designed for effect. In "The Last Resort on the Adriatic," a ten-year grieving widower joins his wife in a shipside suicide; and the video-obsessed drudge in "Snuff," having seen every film in his guide, records his own suicide on videotape. Welsh often settles for shock value, sleazy sex, and heroin chic, but hes actually a better writer than many whove been here before, especially Burroughs and his epigones. (Kirkus Reviews) Review Text Every bit as filthy, funny and provocative as the novel that proceeded it [ Trainspotting ]... Welshs first collection of short stories is a riot of colourful characters, eye-watering vernacular and imaginative story-telling. This is one of Britains best writers in his swaggering pomp, and the result is brilliantly addictive. Review Quote "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, its invigorating." -New Statesman Promotional "Headline" An unsettling, shocking and very funny collection of short stories. Details ISBN0099435012 Author Irvine Welsh Pages 304 Year 1995 ISBN-10 0099435012 ISBN-13 9780099435013 Format Paperback Publication Date 1995-04-20 Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Media Book DEWEY 791.4372 Publisher Vintage Publishing Imprint Vintage Replaced by 9780099277163 AU Release Date 1995-04-20 NZ Release Date 1995-04-20 UK Release Date 1995-04-20 Audience General Alternative 9781407019376 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:1123784;

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