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Can Nothing Save Us?
  • Published: 13 September 2026
  • ISBN: 9781787336537
  • Imprint: Jonathan Cape
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 496
  • RRP: $65.00

Can Nothing Save Us?

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11 Aug 2026
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13 Sept 2026
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13 Aug 2026
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13 Aug 2026
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Irvine Welsh’s searing new novel takes us to Las Vegas, as a divided family is forced to confront the past and reckon with a dangerous future

Molly and George Warburton are used to living life their own way. She was an actress; he was her lawyer. Now, in the ferocious heat of Sin City, the couple are facing up to their failures and final years.

They announce that their grandson Luke – college dropout, aspiring writer, electronic dance music aficionado – will inherit their millions. It is sudden news that leaves their daughter Gina hell-bent on revenge.

Yet Luke’s good fortune, and his freedom, will not last. When a strange newcomer to the neighbourhood insinuates himself into the Warburtons’ world, it is the beginning of a chain of chilling events that could split the family permanently and put all their lives at risk.

The question is, do they have what it takes to survive?
  • Published: 13 September 2026
  • ISBN: 9781787336537
  • Imprint: Jonathan Cape
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 496
  • RRP: $65.00
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About the author

Irvine Welsh

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.
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Also by Irvine Welsh

The Long Knives
Dead Men's Trousers
Filth
T2 Trainspotting
Trainspotting
The Sex Lives of Siamese Twins
Skagboys
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Praise for Can Nothing Save Us?

A new book by Irvine Welsh is always an event . . . No living author is as entertaining to read

GQ

So propulsive . . . about as much fun as you can have between two book covers

The Times (on Dead Men’s Trousers)

Powerful . . . A bracing and engaging read

Daily Telegraph (on Crime)

Can Nothing Save Us? is a big American novel and applies the same sharp-eyed realism that Trainspotting brought to working-class Edinburgh to Trump’s US. Set in the scorching heat of Las Vegas, it’s a multigenerational thriller

Guardian