Young Mungo
The No. 1 Sunday Times Bestseller, from the Booker Prize-winning author of Shuggie Bain
Douglas Stuart
- The
- number
- one
- Sunday
- Times
- bestseller,
- from
- the
- Booker
- Prize-winning
- author
- of
- Shuggie
- Bain.'Beautiful
- and
- moving,
- a
- gay
- Romeo
- and
- Juliet
- set
- in
- the
- brutal
- world
- of
- Glasgow’s
- housing
- estates'
- –
- The
- Observer**A
- Selection
- of
- Dua
- Lipa's
- Service95
- Bookclub.Douglas
- Stuart’s
- Young
- Mungo
- is
- a
- vivid
- portrayal
- of
- working-class
- life
- in
- 80s
- Glasgow,
- and
- the
- deeply
- moving
- story
- of
- the
- dangerous
- first
- love
- of
- two
- young
- men.**Born
- under
- different
- stars,
- Protestant
- Mungo
- and
- Catholic
- James
- live
- in
- a
- hyper-masculine
- world.
- They
- are
- caught
- between
- two
- of
- Glasgow’s
- housing
- estates,
- where
- young
- working-class
- men
- divide
- themselves
- along
- sectarian
- lines,
- and
- fight
- territorial
- battles
- for
- the
- sake
- of
- reputation.They
- should
- be
- sworn
- enemies
- and
- yet,
- as
- they
- begin
- to
- fall
- in
- love,
- they
- dream
- of
- escape,
- and
- Mungo
- must
- work
- hard
- to
- hide
- his
- true
- self
- from
- all
- those
- around
- him
- .
- .
- .A
- gripping
- and
- revealing
- story
- about
- the
- meaning
- of
- masculinity,
- the
- push
- and
- pull
- of
- family,
- the
- violence
- faced
- by
- so
- many
- queer
- people,
- and
- the
- dangers
- of
- loving
- someone
- too
- much.Young
- Mungo
- was
- a
- Sunday
- Times
- bestseller
- w/c 10/4/22
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