Men in Love

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 **PRE-ORDER IRVINE WELSH’S NEXT NOVEL CAN NOTHING SAVE US? NOW** ( Men in Love was a #4 Sunday Times bestseller, July 2025)

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 **PRE-ORDER IRVINE WELSH’S NEXT NOVEL CAN NOTHING SAVE US? NOW** ( Men in Love was a #4 Sunday Times bestseller, July 2025)

An extraordinary, explicitly masculine journey, Men In Love develops a startlingly honest portrayal of what it means to be a man in contemporary America. Here are the unexpurgated dreams, fantasies and fetishes that excite and obsess men today. In creating this historic study, Nancy Friday listened--without disapproval, apology or censorship--to the candid responses of thousands of men aged fourteen through sixty. She gave them a legitimate arena where they could share their "secret gardens"--the hidden and forbidden but nonetheless real and true. Much more than a litany of erotica, this unique volume doesn't tell us how men should love. It tells us how men do love--a stunning insight into the desires that dwell within men's psyches... and their hearts.

An extraordinary, explicitly masculine journey, Men In Love develops a startlingly honest portrayal of what it means to be a man in contemporary America. Here are the unexpurgated dreams, fantasies and fetishes that excite and obsess men today. In creating this historic study, Nancy Friday listened--without disapproval, apology or censorship--to the candid responses of thousands of men aged fourteen through sixty. She gave them a legitimate arena where they could share their "secret gardens"--the hidden and forbidden but nonetheless real and true. Much more than a litany of erotica, this unique volume doesn't tell us how men should love. It tells us how men do love--a stunning insight into the desires that dwell within men's psyches... and their hearts.