by Douglas Stuart · Pan Macmillan Uk · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781529019292
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«Shuggie Bain» is the literary fiction novel by Douglas Stuart, published by Pan Macmillan in paperback (480 pages, in English).
Set in 1980s Glasgow, it follows Hugh “Shuggie” Bain, a boy growing up in public housing while his mother, Agnes, sinks into alcoholism. Shuggie tries to care for her and seem like a normal boy in an environment of unemployment, poverty and drugs. A novel about addiction, sexuality and a son's unconditional love.
Winner of the Booker Prize 2020 and the British Book Award for Book of the Year; the edition described is from 2021.
For book clubs and readers of contemporary literary fiction, with an interest in working-class Scotland of the 1980s and coming-of-age novels.
Douglas Stuart is a Scottish-American fashion designer, novelist and writer. Born in Glasgow, Scotland, he studied at the Scottish College of Textiles and London's Royal College of Art, before moving at the age of 24 to New York City, where he built a successful career in fashion design, while also beginning to write. His debut novel, Shuggie Bain – which had initially been turned down by many publishers on both sides of the Atlantic – was awarded the 2020 Booker Prize. His second novel, Young Mungo, was published in April 2022.
