THE TOP FIVE SUNDAY TIMES<\/i> BESTSELLER<\/b><\/p>\n
Choose life. Choose love? The <\/b>Trainspotting<\/i><\/b> crew fall for rave and romance in Irvine Welsh<\/b>‘<\/b>s blazing new novel.<\/b>
‘<\/b>Propulsive, hilarious and bittersweet in equal measure<\/b>‘<\/b> GQ<\/i><\/p>\n
It’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.<\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
But as the 1990s dawn, will finding love be the answer to the group’s dreams or just another doomed quest?<\/p>\n
‘<\/b>His paciest, funniest, most page-turning book in years<\/b>‘<\/b> SCOTSMAN<\/i><\/p>\n
‘<\/b>There<\/b>‘<\/b>s no slacking in either the pace or the energy<\/b>‘<\/b> FINANCIAL TIMES<\/i>
‘<\/b>These characters remain alive on the page<\/b>‘<\/b> DAILY MAIL<\/i><\/p>\n
‘<\/b>Brilliant<\/b>‘<\/b> SUNDAY EXPRESS<\/i><\/p>\n
(Men in Love<\/i> was a #4 Sunday Times<\/i> bestseller, July 2025)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
There wasn’t an album they wouldn’t buy, or a drug they wouldn’t try. Then it spiralled out of control. They were left with nothing. Nothing but the eternal quest of all men – the search for love. Opening in the late 1980s as rave culture is born and moving into the 1990s, ‘Men In Love’ reunites the Trainspotting crew for a riotous new journey. Renton, Spud, Sick Boy and Begbie leave heroin behind and seek joy, and the hope of redemption, on the dance floor. Each wants to feel alive in the closing years of Thatcher’s Britain, and they fill their days with sex and romance and trying to get ahead. Taking in Edinburgh, London, Amsterdam and Paris, the group charges towards an unexpected event – Sick Boy’s wedding day. But is falling in love the answer, or just another doomed quest?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[68],"product_tag":[32173,26831,26828,26898],"class_list":["post-118159","product","type-product","status-publish","product_cat-general-fiction","product_tag-c-1980-to-c-1989","product_tag-humorous-fiction","product_tag-narrative-theme-sense-of-place","product_tag-narrative-theme-social-issues","pa_book_author-welsh-irvine","pa_cover-paperback","pa_dewey-823-92-edition23","pa_edition-1st-paperback-ed","pa_imprint-vintage","pa_language-english","pa_pages-9908","pa_publisher-vintage","pa_readership-general-trade-code-k","first","onbackorder","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"yoast_head":"\n