The Acid House by Irvine Welsh [U.S. FIRST EDITION • FIRST PRINTING] 1995 • W.W. Norton

The Acid House by Irvine Welsh

U.S. FIRST EDITION • FIRST PRINTING [1995] W.W. NORTON & CO

First Published as a Norton Deluxe Trade Paperback Exclusive.

True U.S. first edition!  Deluxe trade paperback with front and rear panels. 

Book shows some wear to cover:  a few scratches / scuffs and some worn corners. 

Interior is flawless.  Pages look and read like new with no signs of use.   A few tiny spots to bottom of text block.  

This scintillating, disturbing, and altogether outrageous collection of stories introduces to these shores a young writer already being called "the Scottish Celine of the 1990s" (Guardian) and "a mad postmodern Roald Dahl" (Weekend Scotsman). 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 particularly in cosmic reversals--God turns a hapless footballer into a fly; an acid head and a newborn infant exchange consciousnesses with sardonically unexpected results--always displaying a corrosive wit and a telling accuracy of language and detail. Irvine Welsh is one hilariously dangerous writer.