Front cover of Men in Love by Irvine Welsh, paperback

Men in Love - Irvine Welsh

Irvine Welsh

£9.99
  • Pages · 544 pages
  • Publication Date · 04/06/2026
  • Genre · Fiction: special features
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Choose life. Choose love? The Trainspotting crew fall for rave and romance in Irvine Welsh's exhilarating new novel. `Propulsive, hilarious and bittersweet in equal measure' GQIt's the late 1980s. 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. Sick Boy begins an intense relationship with Amanda - rich, connected, his `princess'. When the pair set a date for their wedding, he sees a chance for his generation to take control at last. But as the 1990s dawn, will finding love be the answer to the group's dreams or just another doomed quest?*A Best Summer Read for the New York Times, Guardian, i Paper and Esquire*`His paciest, funniest, most page-turning book in years' SCOTSMAN`There's no slacking in either the pace or the energy' FINANCIAL TIMES`These characters remain alive on the page' DAILY MAIL`Brilliant' SUNDAY EXPRESS**PRE-ORDER IRVINE WELSH'S NEXT NOVEL CAN NOTHING SAVE US? NOW**(Men in Love was a #4 Sunday Times bestseller, July 2025)

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