Welsh's second major publication, The Acid House, comprises a collection of short stories and a novella, which had, in large part, been written coterminously with much of the Trainspotting materials. Indeed, the story provides a satire on contemporary masculinity, particularly the idea of the caring, sharing New Man in touch with his feminine side. The typographic experimentalism, most evident in the textual mosaic of 'The Acid House', not only visually undermines the sanctity and unity of the printed text on the page but also further dismantles the capacity of conventional characterisation to formulate identity through the construction of stable social 'types' and 'typical' personalities. The film adaptation of The Acid House comprises reworkings of three stories: 'A Soft Touch', 'The Granton Star Cause' and 'The Acid House'. Welsh avowedly intended his screenplay to resist the Cool Britannia appropriation undergone by Trainspotting and its implication in the institutions of mainstream cinema.