The new edition is a classic collection from “the undisputed leader in the new wave of modern British literature” (Observer), which “consistently proves that literature is the best drug” (Spin). Here, on the dark underbelly of Edinburgh, lost people are trying to find at least some kind of support, but life every time presents a new surprise: either the elevator will take you to the minus eighty-ninth floor, then a fellow philosopher will propose to resolve a scientific discussion with a massacre, or the Lord God himself will threaten turn you into a fly...The film "Acid House" (in Russian distribution - "Acid House") made the debut of the future director of "Lucky Number Slevin" and the television series "Sherlock" Paul McGuigan; The film is an adaptation of three stories from the collection - “The Common Cause of the Granton Star”, “The Wimp” and “Acid House” itself. “These stories are written with such incredible energy,” said the venerable Jonathan Coe, “with such ruthless humor and such an abyss of sympathy, presented in such innovative language, structured so revolutionary that even the most sophisticated reader will not avoid shock." Contains obscene language.