Can Nothing Save Us? by Irvine Welsh 

Can Nothing Save Us? by Irvine Welsh — the searing new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Trainspotting.

A divided Las Vegas family is forced to confront the past and reckon with a dangerous future.

Molly and George Warburton have always lived life on their own terms. She was an actress; he was her lawyer. Now, in the ferocious heat of Sin City, the ageing couple are facing their failures and their final years. In a sudden decision, they announce that their grandson Luke — college dropout, aspiring writer and electronic dance music obsessive — will inherit their millions.

The news leaves their daughter Gina hell-bent on revenge. But Luke’s unexpected good fortune will not last. When a strange newcomer insinuates himself into the Warburtons’ world, it triggers a chain of chilling events that threatens to tear the family apart and put every one of their lives at risk.

Set against the hedonism, paranoia and glittering decay of modern Las Vegas, Can Nothing Save Us? is a multigenerational thriller that applies the same sharp-eyed realism Trainspotting brought to working-class Edinburgh to the fractured America of today. Propulsive, darkly funny and unflinching, it asks whether a family — or a country — has what it takes to survive.

The powerful new novel from Irvine Welsh.