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 The Acid House Information
249 words, approx. 1 pages
 The Acid House is a 1994 book by Irvine Welsh, later made into a film. It is a collection of short stories, with each story (3-20 pages) featuring a new set of characters and... 
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12/01/2000: 1,707 words, approx. 6 pages Match the waste acid to the treatment technology to maximize recovery and cost-savings. Industry is under continual pressure to reduce its toxic releases to the environment. New regulations and corporate directives require innovative solutions to reduce the quantities of hazardous materials released... summary from source:
The Review of Contemporary Fiction The Acid House. (book reviews)
03/22/1996: 308 words, approx. 1 pages In the stories that make up this fine collection, Irvine Welsh's bleak portrait of Scotland's underclass, overwrought youth often assumes Joycean resonances through the uncommon richness of his writing. Wordplay, marvelously pungent vernacular, and constant risk-taking give these pages great stylistic bravura, but...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Review by Lyall Bush
880 words, approx. 3 pages
In the following review of The Acid House, Bush examines Welsh's use of dialect and jargon, finding such language rhythmic and poetic.
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Critical Review by Nicholas Clee
726 words, approx. 2 pages
In the following review of The Acid House, Welsh's follow-up to Trainspotting, Clee notes that the second book cannot match the intensity of the first. Still, he finds Welsh's talents for hard-eyed sympathy and flexible language undiminished.
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Critical Review by Shaun Whiteside
493 words, approx. 2 pages
In the following review of The Acid House, Whiteside praises Welsh's skill at narrative surprise, preferring the surreal short stories to the more realistic novella and comparing Welsh to William Burroughs.
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