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The Radio 2 Book Club with Douglas Stuart

Douglas Stuart joins Jo for the latest edition of the Radio 2 Book Club to discuss his first novel Shuggie Bain.

Douglas Stuart joins Jo for the latest edition of the Radio 2 Book Club to discuss his first novel Shuggie Bain.

In 1981, Glasgow is dying and good families grift to survive. Agnes Bain has always expected more out of life. She dreams of greater things: a house with its own front door and a life bought and paid for outright (like her perfect, but fake, teeth). As she descends deeper into alcohol, her three children try their best to save her, yet one by one they must abandon her to save themselves.

Shuggie Bain, the youngest, holds out hope the longest. Shuggie is different. Fastidious and fussy, he’s picked on by the miner’s children and even the adults condemn him to be no’ right. But Shuggie believes that if he practices his hardest, he can be normal like the other boys and help his mother escape this hopeless place.

Douglas Stuart was born and raised in Glasgow, Scotland. After graduating from the Royal College of Art in London, he moved to New York City, where he began his design career. He has led design for Calvin Klein, Banana Republic and Jack Spade. Shuggie Bain is his first novel, and he has nearly finished work on his next novel, Loch Awe.

1 hour, 57 minutes

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  • Mon 24 Aug 2020 19:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2