Shuggie Bain: Winner of the Booker Prize 2020 Paperback – 25 February 2020
Review
A heartbreaking novel, a book both beautiful and brutal . . . All that grief and sadness and misery has been turned into something tough, tender and beautifully sad. ― The Times
Leaves us gutted and marvelling: Life may be short, but it takes forever. ― New York Times
I think it’s the best first book I’ve read in many years. -- Karl Ove Knausgård ― Guardian
Rarely does a debut novel establish its world with such sure-footedness, and Stuart’s prose is lithe, lyrical and full of revelatory descriptive insights. -- Alex Preston ― Observer
An astonishing portrait, drawn from life, of a society left to die . . . Shuggie Bain has been longlisted for the Booker Prize. In a just world, it would win. ― Daily Telegraph
Shuggie Bain comes from a deep understanding of the relationship between a child and a substance-abusing parent, showing a world rarely portrayed in literary fiction . . . Admirable and important. -- Sarah Moss ― Guardian
This is a dysfunctional love story . . . between a boy and his mother . . . what makes his book a worthy contender for the Booker is his portrayal of their bond, together with all its perpetual damage. ― Financial Times
Douglas Stuart’s startling Glasgow-set debut novel creates a world of poverty and suffering offset by pure, heart-filling, love . . . It’s a novel that deserves, and will surely often get, a second reading. -- Allan Massie ― Scotsman
Shuggie Bain is a novel that aims for the heart and finds it. -- John Self ― The Times
Tender and unsentimental . . . and the Billy Elliot-ish character of Shuggie . . . leaps off the page. ― Daily Mail
Review
A heart-wrenching debut novel set in Thatcher-era Glasgow: <i>Shuggie Bain</i> tells the story of a boy's doomed attempt to save his proud, alcoholic mother from her addiction.
Book Description
A heart-wrenching debut novel set in Thatcher-era Glasgow: Shuggie Bain tells the story of a boy's doomed attempt to save his proud, alcoholic mother from her addiction.
From the Publisher
Douglas Stuart was born and raised in Glasgow. After graduating from the Royal College of Art in London, he moved to New York City, where he began a career in fashion design. <i>Shuggie Bain</i> is his first novel.
About the Author
Douglas Stuart was born and raised in Glasgow. After graduating from the Royal College of Art in London, he moved to New York City, where he began a career in fashion design. Shuggie Bain is his first novel.
- Publisher : Picador (25 February 2020)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 400 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1529019281
- ISBN-13 : 978-1529019285
- Reading age : 18 years and up
- Dimensions : 15.3 x 3.5 x 23.3 cm