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Young Mungo

by Douglas Stuart
RM37.00 MYR
Young Mungo
Young Mungo
Young Mungo

Gripping tale of love amidst Glasgow's sectarian divide.

Young Mungo strikes a chord with its raw, authentic depiction of working-class Glasgow and the complexities of young love in a society fraught with masculinity and sectarianism. Douglas Stuart's storytelling is both poignant and compelling, offering a narrative that not only tackles the struggles of identity and emotional survival but also captures the resilience of the human spirit. If you're drawn to narratives that beautifully intertwine the harshness of reality with the tenderness of forbidden love, this book will resonate deeply.

  • 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)
  • The Rooster -- The Morning News Tournament of Books Nominee for Longlist (2023)
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.
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Young Mungo

by Douglas Stuart
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ISBN: 9781529068771
Authors: Douglas Stuart
Publisher: Picador
Date of Publication: 2022-07-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Literary Fiction, Romance, Historical Fiction, Contemporary
Related Topics: Literature, Feminism, LGBTQ+, Race
Goodreads rating: 4.37
(rated by 84923 readers)

Description

From Booker Prize-winning Douglas Stuart, an extraordinary, page-turning second novel, a vivid portrayal of working-class life and a highly suspenseful story of the dangerous first love of two young men: Mungo and James. Born under different stars, Protestant Mungo and Catholic James live in the hyper-masculine and violently sectarian world of Glasgow's housing estates. They should be sworn enemies if they're to be seen as men at all, and yet they become best friends as they find a sanctuary in the pigeon dovecote that James has built for his prize racing birds. As they find themselves falling in love, they dream of escaping the grey city, and Mungo works especially hard to hide his true self from all those around him, especially from his elder brother Hamish, a local gang leader with a brutal reputation to uphold. But the threat of discovery is constant and the punishment unspeakable. When 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 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 literary fiction, Douglas Stuart's Young Mungo is a gripping and revealing story about the bounds of masculinity, the push and pull of family, the violence faced by so many queer people, and the dangers of loving someone too much.
 

Gripping tale of love amidst Glasgow's sectarian divide.

Young Mungo strikes a chord with its raw, authentic depiction of working-class Glasgow and the complexities of young love in a society fraught with masculinity and sectarianism. Douglas Stuart's storytelling is both poignant and compelling, offering a narrative that not only tackles the struggles of identity and emotional survival but also captures the resilience of the human spirit. If you're drawn to narratives that beautifully intertwine the harshness of reality with the tenderness of forbidden love, this book will resonate deeply.

  • 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)
  • The Rooster -- The Morning News Tournament of Books Nominee for Longlist (2023)
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.