{"product_id":"men-in-love-9781529959598","title":"Men in Love","description":"\u003cp\u003eChoose 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’ GQ\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeaving 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSick 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut as the 1990s dawn, will finding love be the answer to the group’s dreams or just another doomed quest?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Irvine Welsh\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Fiction: special features\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 4 Jun 2026 by Vintage Publishing.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Irvine Welsh","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57320781513082,"sku":"9781529959598","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/4125\/files\/9781529959598.jpg?v=1790661464","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.co.uk\/products\/men-in-love-9781529959598","provider":"Belfast Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}