{"product_id":"9781529959598","title":"Men in Love","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Irvine Welsh\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 4 June 2026 by Vintage Publishing (Vintage) in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePaperback | 544 pages\u003cbr\u003e197 x 129 x 38mm | 374g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERChoose life. Choose love? The Trainspotting crew fall for rave and romance in Irvine Welsh’s blazing new novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSick 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)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Irvine Welsh","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58279089242437,"sku":"9781529959598","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/3721\/6069\/files\/9781529959598.jpg?v=1781536195","url":"https:\/\/stripyduckbookshopcafe.co.uk\/products\/9781529959598","provider":"The Stripy Duck Bookshop Café","version":"1.0","type":"link"}