Superb' - The Times 'Best Summer Reading''Love and hope across the religious divide in a fervent, gritty and emotionally engrossing novel' -The Guardian 'Best Reads For Summer''Writing of transcendent beauty' - The Financial Times 'Best Summer Books'The extraordinary, powerful second novel from the Booker prizewinning author of Shuggie Bain, Young Mungo is both a vivid portrayal of working-class life and the deeply moving story of the dangerous first love of two young men: Mungo and James.Born under different stars, Protestant Mungo and Catholic James live in a hyper-masculine world. Neuware -The number one Sunday Times bestseller'A touching, tender tale of boy meets boy in the bleak tenements of Glasgow. Seller Inventory # 9781529068771īook Description Taschenbuch. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. The second powerful and heart-rending novel, set in 80s Glasgow, from Douglas Stuart, Booker Prize- and British Book Award-winning author of &i>Shuggie Bain&/i>. Imbuing the everyday world of its characters with rich lyricism and giving full voice to people rarely acknowledged in literary fiction, Douglas Stuarts Young Mungo is a gripping and revealing story about the bounds of masculinity, the push and pull of family, the violence faced by so many queer people, and the dangers of loving someone too much. When Mungos mother sends him on a fishing trip to a loch in Western Scotland with two strange men whose drunken banter belies murky pasts, he will need to summon all his inner strength and courage to get back to a place of safety, a place where he and James might still have a future. But the threat of discovery is constant and the punishment unspeakable. As they find themselves falling in love, they dream of escaping the grey city, and Mungo works especially hard to hide his true self from all those around him, especially from his elder brother Hamish, a local gang leader with a brutal reputation to uphold. They should be sworn enemies if theyre to be seen as men at all, and yet they become best friends as they find a sanctuary in the pigeon dovecote that James has built for his prize racing birds. Born under different stars, Protestant Mungo and Catholic James live in the hyper-masculine and violently sectarian world of Glasgows housing estates.

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