Shuggie Bain
Douglas Stuart’s Shuggie Bain won the Booker Prize in an extraordinary year, which saw the prize go entirely online for the first time ever. Explore his vivid and compassionate debut here.
Douglas Stuart
Douglas Stuart was born and raised in Glasgow. Shuggie Bain is his widely acclaimed debut novel.
After graduating from the Royal College of Art in London, Stuart moved to New York City, where he began a career in fashion design. His writing work has appeared in the New Yorker and on LitHub.
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Winner The Booker Prize 2020
- By
- Douglas Stuart
- Published by
- Picador
Douglas Stuart’s blistering and heartbreaking debut is an exploration of the unsinkable love that only children can have for their damaged parents.