The Acid House

The Acid HouseHe is called "the Scottish Celine of the 1990s" (Guardian) and "a mad, postmodern Roald Dahl" (Weekend Scotsman). Using a range of approaches from bitter realism to demented fantasy, Irvine Welsh is able to evoke the essential humanity, well hidden as it is, of his generally depraved, lazy, manipulative, and vicious characters. He specializes particularly in cosmic reversals God turn a hapless footballer into a fly; an acid head and a newborn infant

He is called "the Scottish Celine of the 1990s" (Guardian) and "a mad, postmodern Roald Dahl" (Weekend Scotsman). Using a range of approaches from bitter realism to demented fantasy, Irvine Welsh is able to evoke the essential humanity, well hidden as it is, of his generally depraved, lazy, manipulative, and vicious characters. He specializes particularly in cosmic reversals God turn a hapless footballer into a fly; an acid head and a newborn infant exchange consciousnesses with sardonically unexpected results always displaying a corrosive wit and a telling accuracy of language and detail. Irvine Welsh is one hilariously dangerous writer who always creates a sensation."

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 04/17/1995
ISBN: 9780393312805
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 8.26h x 5.54w x 0.73d

Review Citations: Booklist 04/15/1995 pg. 1478
Publishers Weekly 03/06/1995 pg. 67
Kirkus Reviews 02/15/1995 pg. 181