This is unbearably sad, more so because the reader comes to cherish the characters their creator has brought to life. Stuart’s writing is stellar-a man’s voice sounds “like he had a throatful of dry toast” a boy has “ribs like the hull of an upturned boat.” He’s too fine a storyteller to go for a sentimental ending, and the final act leaves the reader gutted. Their friendship is the center of this touching novel, but it also leads to a terrifying and tragic intervention. All he knows is that amid the blood and alcohol and spittle-sprayed violence of his daily existence, James is a gentle, calming respite. Publication date: 13th April 2023 Author: Douglas Stuart Publisher: Picador an imprint of Pan Macmillan Format: Paperback Pagination: 400 pages. Born in Glasgow, Scotland, after receiving his MA from the Royal College of Art in London, he has lived and worked in New York City. His essays on Gender, Class and Anxiety are featured on Lit Hub. His short stories have been published by The New Yorker. He doesn’t have a clue what it is he wants. His second novel, Young Mungo, was a 1 Sunday Times Bestseller.

Even after Mungo meets the kindred James, a Catholic boy who keeps pigeons, he is overwhelmed by his self-loathing, assuming all the calamity around him is somehow his fault. Hamish, Mungo’s hooligan brother and ringleader of a gang of Protestant Billy Boys, is a constant threat to Mungo, who, tender of heart and profoundly lonely, is at the mercy of his violent moods. Mungo’s father is long gone, and Mungo’s sister, Jodie, looks after their household as best she can. Mungo is 15, the youngest of three Protestant siblings growing up in one of the city’s poverty-stricken “schemes.” The children’s alcoholic mother leaves them periodically for a married man with children of his own. The astonishing sophomore effort from Booker Prize winner Stuart ( Shuggie Bain) details a teen’s hard life in north Glasgow in the post-Thatcher years. SKU: 9781529068788 Fiction Tag: Douglas Douglas Stuart Author: Douglas Douglas Stuart Publication Date 13th Apr 2023 2023Format: Paperback /.

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