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The Book Club: Irvine Welsh on the new Trainspotting sequel

The Book Club: Irvine Welsh on the new Trainspotting sequel

Best of the Spectator · The Spectator

July 16, 202534m 18s

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My guest this week is Irvine Welsh – who, three decades after his era-defining hit <em>Trainspotting</em>, returns with a direct sequel, <em>Men In Love</em>. Irvine tells me what Sick Boy, Renton, Spud and Begbie mean to him, why his new book hopes to encourage a new generation to discover Romantic verse and shagging, and why MDMA deserves more credit for the Good Friday Agreement than Tony Blair. <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>