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The Acid House

The Acid House( )
Author: Welsh, Irvine
Series title:Jonathan Cape Originals Ser.
ISBN:978-0-224-03685-6
Publication Date:Apr 1994
Publisher:Ebury Publishing
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:AUD $32.95
Book Description:

The characters in this collection of stories are often - on the surface - depraved, vicious, cowardly and manipulative, but their essential humanity is never undermined. Stereotypes are at once celebrated and destroyed, as the protagonists find themselves on unfamiliar ground.

Book Details
Pages:256
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / Short Stories (Single Author)
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):14 x 20 cm
Book Weight:0.313 Kilograms
Author Biography
Welsh, Irvine (Author)
Irvine Welsh was born in Edinburgh on September 27, 1958. After leaving school, he lived in London for awhile, but eventually returned to Edinburgh where he worked for the city council in the housing department. He received a degree in computer science and studied for an MBA at Heriot Watt University.

His first novel, Trainspotting, was published in 1993 and was adapted as a film starring Ewan McGregor and Robert Carlyle in 1996. He became a full-time writer in August 1995. His other works include The Acid House (1994), Marabou Stork Nightmares (1995), Ecstasy: Three Tales of Chemical Romance (1996), Filth (1998), Glue (2001), and Porno (2002). He also wrote the plays Headstate (1994) and You'll Have Had Your Hole (1998).

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