The Sex Lives of Siamese Twins The Sex Lives of Siamese Twins The Sex Lives of Siamese Twins is the ninth novel by Scottish writer Irvine Welsh, published in May 2014. Similarities have been drawn between this book and Welsh's first novel, "Trainspotting". Elena Seymenliyska of "The Daily Telegraph" wrote, "It's a bit like his debut, "Trainspotting" (1993), only instead of the tenements of Leith, we're in the condos of Miami Beach. And in place of heroin addicts, alcoholics and violent psychos, here we have fitness instructors, poseurs – and violent psychos." "The Guardian" published a review of the book on 8 May 2014. In the
Candy: A Novel of Love and Addiction and shortly afterward Casper is caught making heroin. His employer sends him to rehab but Casper leaves, knowing that action marks the end of his career. Casper then gets antidepressants and alcohol, goes to his lab, cooks one last batch, and commits suicide. The narrator goes into rehab and sobers up. He sees Candy the first chance he is allowed to, and she tells him she knows they have to end. They have to stay apart to be clean. "Candy" is an intense, and at times taxing, exploration of the heroin addiction shared by a young couple deeply in love.