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From Booker Prize-winner 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."Stuart oozes story. Mungo is alive. There is feeling under every word ... This novel cuts you and then bandages you back up." - The Los Angeles TimesBorn 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."Young Mungo seals it: Douglas Stuart is a genius ...Stuart quickly proves himself an extraordinarily effective thriller writer. He's capable of pulling the strings of suspense excruciatingly tight while still sensitively ex

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Author

Douglas Stuart, Douglas Stuart

Publisher

Grove Atlantic

Published

2022

Language

EN

ISBN

9780802159557

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction, Humanities

Rating

4.6 / 5 (5,615 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14