“His hands were rough, but the fingers were long and elegant as though God had granted them for a life he had never lived.” “I’m not going to watch you torture yourself and then come round here expecting sympathy for it.” When I reviewed Douglas Stuart’s Shuggie Bain back in 2020, I wrote: “This novelContinue reading “JOHN OF JOHN – Douglas Stuart”
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YOUNG MUNGO – Douglas Stuart
“He was Mo-Maw’s youngest son, but was also her confidant, her lady’s maid, and errand boy. He was her one flattering mirror, and her teenage diary, her electric blanket, her doormat. He was her best pal, the dog she hardly walked, and her greatest romance.” Douglas Stuart’s follow-up to the Booker Prize-winning Shuggie Bain wasContinue reading “YOUNG MUNGO – Douglas Stuart”
A Girl Named Tommi 