Men in Love

<b>THE TOP FIVE <i>SUNDAY TIMES </i>BESTSELLER</b><p><b>Choose life. Choose love? The <i>Trainspotting</i> crew fall for rave and romance in Irvine Welsh’s blazing new novel.</b><br><br><b>‘Propulsive, hilarious and bittersweet in equal measure’ </b><i>GQ</i><br><br> It is the late 1980s, the closing years of Thatcher’s Britain. For the <i>Trainspotting</i> crew, a new era is about to begin – a time for hope, for love, for raving.<br><br> Leaving heroin behind and separated after a drug deal gone wrong, Renton, Sick Boy, Spud and Begbie each want to feel alive. They fill their days with sex and romance and trying to get ahead; they follow the call of the dance floor, with its promise of joy and redemption.<br><br> Sick Boy starts an intense relationship with Amanda, his ‘princess’ – rich, connected, everything that he is not. When the pair set a date for their wedding, Sick Boy sees a chance for his generation to take control at last.<br><br> But as the 1990s dawn, will finding love be the answer to the group’s dreams or just another doomed quest?<br><br> <b>PRAISE FOR THE <i>TRAINSPOTTING</i> NOVELS:</b><br><br> <b>‘The arrival of <i>Trainspotting</i> was an earth-shaking cultural moment . . . It shines with humour and friendship. Every character here is alive’ </b>DOUGLAS STUART<br><br> <b>‘So propulsive . . . about as much fun as you can have between two book covers’ </b><i>THE TIMES</i><br><br> <b>‘The voice of punk, grown up, grown wiser and grown eloquent’ </b><i>SUNDAY TIMES</i><br><br> (<i>Men in Love</i> was a #4 <i>Sunday Times</i> bestseller, July 2025)<br></p>