Born under different stars-Mungo a Protestant and James a Catholic-they should be sworn enemies if they’re to be seen as men at all. Five years in the writing, it is both a page-turner and literary tour de force, a vivid portrayal of working-class life and a deeply moving and highly suspenseful story of the dangerous first love of two young men: Mungo and James. Young Mungo is Stuart’s extraordinary second novel. The book is now published or forthcoming in 40 territories and has already sold more than a million copies worldwide. Shuggie Bain also won the British Book of the Year Award, the Sue Kaufman Prize, was a finalist for the U.S.’s National Book Award, and won or was nominated for dozens of other prizes. It was awarded the 2020 Booker Prize, the sixth debut novel and only the second by a Scottish writer to win in the prize’s 50-year history. Douglas Stuart’s first novel Shuggie Bain is one of the most successful literary debuts of the century so far.
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