Men in Love by Irvine Welsh

Men in Love by Irvine Welsh

THE TOP FIVE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

Choose life. Choose love? The Trainspotting crew fall for rave and romance in Irvine Welsh’s blazing new novel.

‘Propulsive, hilarious and bittersweet in equal measure’ GQ

It is the late 1980s, the closing years of Thatcher’s Britain. For the Trainspotting crew, a new era is about to begin – a time for hope, for love, for raving.

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.

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.

But as the 1990s dawn, will finding love be the answer to the group’s dreams or just another doomed quest?

PRAISE FOR THE TRAINSPOTTING NOVELS:

‘The arrival of Trainspotting was an earth-shaking cultural moment . . . It shines with humour and friendship. Every character here is alive’ DOUGLAS STUART

‘So propulsive . . . about as much fun as you can have between two book covers’ THE TIMES

‘The voice of punk, grown up, grown wiser and grown eloquent’ SUNDAY TIMES

(Men in Love was a #4 Sunday Times bestseller, July 2025)

The arrival of Trainspotting was an earth-shaking cultural moment and it had a huge influence on me… It shines with humour and friendshipEvery character here is alive -- DOUGLAS STUART, Booker Prize-winning author of Shuggie Bain and Young Mungo (on Trainspotting)
Like all his best work, Men in Love is propulsive, hilarious and bittersweet in equal measure, as wise on the curdling of intense teenage friendships as it is on the early, doomed attempts we embark on in our twenties to settle down and fall in love * GQ *
The voice of punk, grown up, grown wiser and grown eloquent * Sunday Times (on Trainspotting) *
So propulsive...about as much fun as you can have between two book covers * The Times (on Dead Men's Trousers) *
No one captures the competing affections and resentments that underpin lifelong friendships like Welsh * Esquire (on Dead Men's Trousers) *
A bold, electric new chapter in the Trainspotting universe… Darkly funny, blisteringly sharp, and emotionally raw, Men in Love is a story about yearning, identity, and whether love can ever truly save us from ourselves * Essential Marbella Magazine *
Electrifying * Country & Town House *
There are plenty of moments that showcase Welsh at his best… it is hard not to be charmed by its flair and insolence… [and] Welsh has not lost his feel for the particular rhythms and textures of addiction * Guardian *
Drugs, bad sex, ripe Scottish vernacular… the colloquial vigour of the writing never flags * Mail on Sunday *
These characters remain alive on the page, more than 30 years on * Daily Mail *

Irvine Welsh was born and raised in Edinburgh. His first novel, Trainspotting, has sold over one million copies in the UK and was adapted into an era-defining film. He has written fifteen further novels, including the Sunday Times bestseller Men in Love and the Crime series, four books of shorter fiction and numerous plays and screenplays. Irvine Welsh currently lives between London, Edinburgh and Miami.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781787335769
ISBN 10	1787335763
Title	Men in Love
Author	Irvine Welsh
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Vintage Publishing
Year published	2025-07-24
Number of pages	544
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.