The Acid House

Among my frequent walks through the city center, I found a book by the writer of Trainspotting. Perhaps what attracts me is the idea that he was the writer of a film that belongs to my collection; without further thought, I decided to buy it.

Various stories through a strange character; known by many, but for the context where he narrates the lived experience, he’s nothing more than a character full of love, rejections, and drugs, who shows us how life can be so similar to that lived by ordinary people, like you or like me.

Descriptive tales of a drug addict who’s also Scottish can generate a connection for people who have seen or lived the effect that drugs have, how they participate in all moments of life—getting a job, falling in love, and getting into fights with different people—makes Acid House show you a world that very few know even when you see it daily in the news, newspapers, and internet.

This book is a novel inherited from dirty realism, living all these experiences through unpleasant scenes and situations told in a sarcastic and realistic manner.