What we're reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in October
Ian Penman's Erik Satie portrait is daring and inventive; an environmental anthology defends Walshaw Moor peatlands while classic novels satirize mountaineering and portray urban loneliness.
Men in Love by Irvine Welsh review the Trainspotting boys grow up
Trainspotting's success illustrates a rare literary event where a critically acclaimed, stylistically adventurous book becomes a cultural sensation, selling over a million copies.