The Acid House


The Acid House is a 1994 book by Irvine Welsh, later made into The Acid [House |a film of the same name]. It is a collection of 22 short stories, with each story 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 "

    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".