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 …showed first 75 words of 817 total…

…showed last 75 words of 817 total…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.