The Acid House

Name: The Acid House
Author: Irvine Welsh

by Irvine Welsh

Interconnected dark tales of Edinburgh's underworld ranging from farce to tragedy

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Irvine Welsh

Scottish novelist whose Trainspotting, a portrait of Edinburgh heroin culture, became a defining novel of the 1990s. His visceral, vernacular fiction continues to provoke and dazzle. He is one of the most culturally influential British novelists of his generation.

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CrimeA young programmer's violent descent linked to depression, isolation, and a murdered journalist