The Acid House

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,

, dramatizes 3 of the 22 stories from the book - "The Granton Star Cause", "A Soft Touch", and "The Acid House".

References

1. ^ Birch, Helen (16 April 1994). "Meeting God down the pub: The Acid House - Irvine Welsh". The Independent. Independent Print Limited. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
2. ^ 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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