Men in Love: The Sunday Times bestselling Trainspotting sequel

· Random House
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*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’ GQ


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.


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


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

*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’ GQ It’s the late 1980s. Separated after a drug deal gone wrong, Renton, Sick B...

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22 reviews
isla is a smliler
August 23, 2025
Not his best. I skipped through a lot of the Godfrey and Sick Boy chapters.... shame, because it's been so many years in the making
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Kelly Ann Budd
July 27, 2026
utter shite and awther just ringin air wee auld skuds faire poppy 🤬🤬🤬
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Steven Houston
October 28, 2026
worst book ever.
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About the author

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.
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...

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