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Book Review of The Acid House

The Acid House
The Acid House
Author: Irvine Welsh
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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Helpful Score: 1


Using a range of approaches from bitter realism to demented fantasy, Irvine Welsh is able to evoke the essential humanity, well hidden as it is, of his generally depraved, lazy, manipulative and vicious characters. He specializes especially in cosmic reversals--God turns a hapless footballer into a fly--always displaying a corrosive wit.