Irvine Welsh

Short stories offer a satiric look at modern life, telling the stories of a man who survives with just a brain, a soccer player who is turned into a fly, and a drug addict who exchanges consciousnesses with an infant

The Acid House

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.

Mark

As good now, as the last time I read it, when it was first published. I'd pretty much forgotten every word!

The Acid House

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