Acid House, by Irvine Welsh

A study of the strong themes presented in 'the shooter' and 'eurotrash' (short stories 'Acid House') by Irvine Welsh. I chose 'The Acid House' by Irvine Welsh because I read the back of it and it sound really interesting and also the title intrigued me. The first story I will discuss is 'the shooter'. This short story is about a man called Gary and his friend Jock who set out to teach a man called …

…think this because in the car on the way to the beach they are all talking about a dead pop-star and Chrissie asks him a question, Euan replies - "I couldn't give a toss". Later on Euan shows he has a sensitive side when Chrissie is found drown in a loch but Euan is determined to go to the funeral. Therefore strong universal themes are used effectively by Irvine Welsh in these two short stories.