Submitted by bdoherty@norths... on Mon, 01/11/2021 - 10:05am
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ISBN: 9780802148506
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Published: Grove Press - October 13th, 2020
A new voice in literary fiction, and a worthy winner of the Man Booker Prize. Stuart brings alive an era and place that is rarely written about, that of a 1980’s working class Scotland, specifically Glasgow, and highlights many of the hardships that those living there experienced.
We see the world through the eyes of a growing Shuggie, and for most of his young life, his world is his mother. Unfortunately for Shuggie, his mother is plagued by a cruel sickness, that of alcoholism, and this shadows, and complicates, the young boy's life. Beautifully written, and profoundly sad, this is a book about the human condition and I recommend it wholeheartedly. ~ Reviewed by Becky Doherty
