EAN: 9781529068788

YOUNG MUNGO - DOUGLAS STUART KARTONIERT (TB)

THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER  ?Prepare your hearts  for Douglas Stuart is back. After
the extraordinary success of Shuggie Bain  his second novel  Young Mungo  is another beautiful
and moving book  a gay Romeo and Juliet set in the brutal world of Glasgow's housing estates.'
The Observer  The extraordinary  powerful second novel from the Booker Prize-winning author of
Shuggie Bain  Young Mungo is both a vivid portrayal of working-class life and the deeply moving
story of the dangerous first love of two young men: Mungo and James.  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 if they're to be seen as men at all  and yet they become best friends as they find a
sanctuary in the doocot that James has built for his prize racing pigeons. As they begin to
fall in love  they dream of escaping the grey city  and Mungo must work 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 behind whose drunken banter lie murky pasts  he needs 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  Douglas
Stuart's Young Mungo is 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.

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