{{Short description|1994 book by Irvine Welsh}} {{for|film based on the book|The Acid House (film)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2015}} {{Use British English|date=May 2012}} {{Infobox book | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Novels or Wikipedia:WikiProject_Books --> | name = The Acid House | orig title = | translator = | image = File:TheAcidHouse.jpg | caption = First edition | author = Irvine Welsh | cover_artist = | country = Scotland | language = English, Scots | series = | genre = Short stories | publisher = Jonathan Cape | release_date = 1994 | media_type = Print | pages = 304 pp | isbn = 0-224-03685-8 | oclc= 32467731 | preceded_by = | followed_by = }} '''''The Acid House''''' is a 1994 book by Irvine Welsh,<ref name="The Independent - 16 April 1994 - Meeting God down the pub: The Acid House - Irvine Welsh">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/book-review--meeting-god-down-the-pub-the-acid-house--irvine-welsh-cape-pounds-999-1370403.html|title=Meeting God down the pub: The Acid House - Irvine Welsh|last=Birch|first=Helen|date=16 April 1994|work=The Independent|publisher=Independent Print Limited|accessdate=26 July 2014}}</ref> later made into a film of the same name.<ref name="The Independent - 11 September 2013 - Irvine Welsh: The 'unfilmable' Filth finally makes it to the big screen">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/irvine-welsh-the-unfilmable-filth-finally-makes-it-to-the-big-screen-8807321.html|title=Irvine Welsh: The 'unfilmable' Filth finally makes it to the big screen|last=Ford|first=Matt|date=11 September 2013|work=The Independent|publisher=Independent Print Limited|accessdate=26 July 2014}}</ref> It is a collection of 22 short stories, with each story (between three and 20 pages) featuring a new set of characters and scenarios.
==Stories== * "The Shooter" * "Eurotrash" * "Stoke Newington Blues" * "Vat '96" * "A Soft Touch" * "The Last Resort on the Adriatic" * "Sexual Disaster Quartet" * "Snuff" * "A Blockage in the System" * "Wayne Foster" * "Where the Debris Meets the Sea" * "Granny's Old Junk" * "The House of John Deaf" * "Across the Hall" * "Lisa's Mum Meets the Queen Mum" * "The Two Philosophers" * "Disnae Matter" * "The Granton Star Cause" * "Snowman Building Parts for Rico the Squirrel" * "Sport for All" * "The Acid House" * "A Smart Cunt (A Novella)"
==Film adaptation== The 1998 film, ''The Acid House'', directed by Paul McGuigan, dramatizes 3 of the 22 stories from the book - "The Granton Star Cause", "A Soft Touch", and "The Acid House".
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