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.

The Acid House and Dirty Realism

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 The 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.

The Acid House feels disturbing because Irvine Welsh refuses to romanticize addiction. His characters are not tragic heroes. They are exhausted people trying to survive emotionally empty lives.