Shuggie Bain is the debut novel by Scottish-American writer Douglas Stuart. It tells the story of the youngest of the three children, Shuggie, growing up with his alcoholic mother, Agnes, in the 1980s. The manuscript was rejected by at least 30 publishers before it was purchased by the American independent publisher, Grove Atlantic.
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Shuggie Bain is the debut novel by Scottish-American writer Douglas Stuart, published in 2020. It tells the story of the youngest of the three children, Shuggie, growing up with his alcoholic mother, Agnes, in the 1980s. The novel was awarded the 2020 Booker Prize, making Stuart the second Scottish winner of the prize in its 51-year history, following James Kelman in 1994. It was also a finalist for the 2020 National Book Award for Fiction. The manuscript was rejected by at least 30 publishers before it was purchased by the American independent publisher, Grove Atlantic. A German translation will be released in August 2021 by Hanser Berlin. The Picador cover features a photograph by Jez Coulson, shot in Easterhouse, Glasgow.
The New York Times, The Daily Telegraph, Cal-Cal Revean called the novel an astonishing portrait of love that remains in the flicker of that love that he is even keener on the brokenness of love. The Guardian said: ‘This is a memorable book about family, violence and sexuality. If it were not for the book would be just about unbearable for it to be read’ The Daily Mail said: ‘The novel shows us lots of monstrous behavior, but not a single monster — only a sharp eye for damage. If the book were not about love, it would be about brokenness, and the sharpness of that brokenness that he has for love’ The Guardian also said: ‘If the book was about a monster, it wouldn’t be about love. It’s about damage.’
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