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Douglas Stuart's debut novel, "Shuggie Bain", won the Booker Prize in 2020 and was shortlisted for the National Book Award for Fiction in the same year. It was also named the Waterstones Scottish Book of the Year in 2020 and longlisted for the 2021 Rathbones Folio Prize. The novel is set in 1981 Glasgow, where families are struggling to survive. Agnes Bain, a mother of three, is abandoned by her husband and finds herself trapped in a decimated mining town. As she descends into alcoholism, her children try to save her, but one by one they abandon her to save themselves. However, her son Shuggie holds out hope the longest, and he believes that he can help his mother escape the hopeless situation. "Shuggie Bain" lays bare the ruthlessness of poverty, the limits of love, and the hollowness of pride, and is a powerful and important story about addiction, courage, and love. The novel has been compared to the works of Alan Hollinghurst, Édouard Louis, Frank McCourt, and Hanya Yanagihara, and has been praised for its intimate, compassionate, and gripping portrayal of the characters.

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Publisher ‏
‎ Picador Macmillan
Language ‏
‎ English
Paperback ‏
‎ 448 pages
ISBN-10 ‏
‎ 1529064414
ISBN-13 ‏
‎ 978-1529064414
Douglas Stuart

Douglas Stuart

Douglas Stuart is a Scottish-American writer. He is the author of two novels, Young Mungo, and, Shuggie Bain. His debut novel, Shuggie Bain, won the 2020 Booker Prize. It was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction. It won the Book of The Year at the British Book Awards and The Sue Kaufman Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. It was also a finalist for the Rathbones Folio Prize, The Kirkus Prize, The Orwell Prize, The Pen Hemingway Award, The McKitterick Prize and was a finalist for The Center for Fiction First novel prize. Young Mungo was a Sunday Times #1 Bestseller. His work has been translated into 39 languages. His short stories, Found Wanting, and, The Englishman, were published in The New Yorker magazine. His essays on gender, anxiety, and poverty can be found on Lit Hub. Born in Glasgow, Scotland, he is a graduate of The Royal College of Art, and since 2000 he has lived and worked in New York City. Prior to being published, he worked for over twenty years as a fashion designer.
About the author Douglas Stuart
Scottish-American author; 2020 Booker Prize winner for his debut novel Shuggie Bain

Douglas Stuart is a Scottish-American writer. He is the author of two novels, Young Mungo, and, Shuggie Bain. His debut novel, Shuggie Bain, won the 2020 Booker Prize. It was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction. It won the Book of The Year at the British Book Awards and The Sue Kaufman...