The Acid House - Couverture souple

Welsh, Irvine

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0393312801 ISBN 13 : 9780393312805

Editeur : WW Norton & Co, 1995

Synopsis

Book by Welsh Irvine

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture :

'He strafes the airwaves with a cacophonous range of voices, comic, sad, abusive, recalcitrant' Scotland on Sunday

'Another season in hell with Irvine Welsh, and god it's invigorating...The collection as a whole is sick, horrific, occasionally moving and very funny' New Statesman

An unsettling, shocking and very funny collection of stories. The characters in this extraordinarty 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.

'Told with such vigour and alertness, such scathing, unmerciful humour, such compassion and such reserves of linguistic and structural invention that nobody could come away from them without feeling thoroughly elated' Jonathan Coe, Sunday Times

Présentation de l'éditeur :

After his spectacular and controversial debut, TRAINSPOTTING, Irvine Welsh - the most dangerous new writer in Scotland - follows with an unsettling, shocking and very funny collection of stories. The characters in this extraordinary book are often - on the surface-depraved, vicious, cowardly and manipulative, but their essential humanity is never undermined. Using a range of approaches, from bitter realism to demented fantasy, Irvine Welsh displays a corrosive wit and a telling accuracy of observation, confronting our perception of our own identities and that of those around us.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: WW Norton & Co
• Date d'édition: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0393312801
• ISBN 13: 9780393312805
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 302