The Acid House
by Welsh, Irvine
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good - Cheap Reading Copy
- ISBN 10
- 0393312801
- ISBN 13
- 9780393312805
- Seller
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Vashon, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Synopsis
An unsettling, shocking and very funny collection of short stories.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.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Vashon Island Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0774443
- Title
- The Acid House
- Author
- Welsh, Irvine
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good - Cheap Reading Copy
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0393312801
- ISBN 13
- 9780393312805
- Publisher
- W W Norton & Co Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- SCOTLAND, FICTION, SHORT, STORIES, SINGLE
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Vashon Island Books
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