Men in Love

*A WATERSTONES PAPERBACK OF THE YEAR 2026*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)