The Acid House

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The Acid House
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First edition
Author Irvine Welsh
LanguageEnglish, Scots
Genre Short stories
Publisher Jonathan Cape
Publication date
1994
Publication placeScotland
Media typePrint
Pages304 pp
ISBN 0-224-03685-8
OCLC 32467731

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.

Contents

Stories

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

  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.