Wasted. We were. A candy Quarantine diary

This great book captures the way life changed under covid; the paranoia, the loss of work and income, the isolation from loved ones, or worse in some cases, the over-exposure to them.
But it's also about the emergence of strange new relationships and both the incredible vulnerability and boundless adaptability and strength of human beings.
At the centre of it all is Nando, a memorable protagonist who has lived life to the full, his staple being clubs, bars and festivals. Now he's is lockdown and he not only needs to understand his friends, but is also confronted with a self he was -l ike many of us - barely aware of.
When you read this you will laugh out loud, but also cringe inside. This is who we are, stripped bare, minus all our distractions that are both the bones of our life and the nonsense that clutters it.
Irvine Welsh.
The core of the book is Nando, a memorable protagonist who has lived life to the full, his staple being clubs, bars and festivals. Now he's in lockdown and he not only needs to understand his friends, but is also confronted with a self he was - like many of us - barely aware of. Rumbled, Jas, Airia and Marcellina all orbit around him, giving life to a number of tragicomic events that lead towards an unexpected ending. Past and present blend nicely and the reader will split his sides laughing, on the one hand, but also realise that the unpredictability of life can make us all feel infinitely small, on the other.