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Young Mungo

by Douglas Stuart
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Young Mungo
Young Mungo

Gritty Glasgow romance defying tough societal norms.

If you found "Shuggie Bain" compelling, "Young Mungo" is right up your alley. Douglas Stuart transports you back to the harsh streets of 1980s Glasgow, weaving a tale of forbidden love that brims with emotion and truth. His portrayal of complex, broken characters combating rigid societal expectations makes this novel a poignant and eye-opening read.

  • British Book Award for Audiobook: Fiction and Nominee for Fiction (2023)
  • Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) Nominee for International Book (2023)
  • The Polari Prize Nominee (2023)
  • Saltire Society Literary Award Nominee for Scottish Fiction Book of the Year (2022)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Historical Fiction (2022)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Young Mungo

by Douglas Stuart
Compare to estimated retail price: RM48.00 MYR  

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ISBN: 9781529068788
Authors: Douglas Stuart
Publisher: Picador
Date of Publication: 2023-04-13
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Literary Fiction, Contemporary, Romance, Historical Fiction
Related Topics: LGBTQ+
Goodreads rating: 4.38
(rated by 75905 readers)

Description

Growing up in a housing estate in Glasgow, Mungo and James are born under different stars--Mungo a Protestant and James a Catholic--and they should be sworn enemies if they're to be seen as men at all. Yet against all odds, they become best friends as they find a sanctuary in the pigeon dovecote that James has built for his prize racing birds. As they fall in love, they dream of finding somewhere they belong, while Mungo works hard to hide his true self from all those around him, especially from his big brother Hamish, a local gang leader with a brutal reputation to uphold. And when several months later Mungo's 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 try to get back to a place of safety, a place where he and James might still have a future. Imbuing the everyday world of its characters with rich lyricism and giving full voice to people rarely acknowledged in the literary world, Young Mungo is a gripping and revealing story about the bounds of masculinity, the divisions of sectarianism, the violence faced by many queer people, and the dangers of loving someone too much.
 

Gritty Glasgow romance defying tough societal norms.

If you found "Shuggie Bain" compelling, "Young Mungo" is right up your alley. Douglas Stuart transports you back to the harsh streets of 1980s Glasgow, weaving a tale of forbidden love that brims with emotion and truth. His portrayal of complex, broken characters combating rigid societal expectations makes this novel a poignant and eye-opening read.

  • British Book Award for Audiobook: Fiction and Nominee for Fiction (2023)
  • Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) Nominee for International Book (2023)
  • The Polari Prize Nominee (2023)
  • Saltire Society Literary Award Nominee for Scottish Fiction Book of the Year (2022)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Historical Fiction (2022)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.