Young Mungo
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A powerful and heart-rending novel, set in 80s Glasgow, from Douglas Stuart, Booker Prize- and British Book Award-winning author of Shuggie Bain. The Number One Sunday Times BestsellerA Selection of D...
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A powerful and heart-rending novel, set in 80s Glasgow, from Douglas Stuart, Booker Prize- and British Book Award-winning author of Shuggie Bain. The Number One Sunday Times BestsellerA Selection of Dua Lipa's Service95 Bookclub 'Beautiful and moving, a gay Romeo and Juliet set in the brutal world of Glasgow’s housing estates' – The ObserverFrom the Booker Prize-winning author of Shuggie Bain. 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
Detaljer
Forlag
Picador
Udgave
0
ISBN
9781529068788
Sprog
Engelsk
Sider
400
Udgivelsesdato
13-04-2023
Format
Paperback
Varenr.
3106233
EAN nr.
9781529068788
Varegruppe
Fiction paperback
Højde/Dybde (mm)
28
Bredde (mm)
130
Længde (mm)
198
Vægt (g)
274