Douglas Stuart’s “Shuggie Bain” wins the Booker prize

Douglas Stuart’s debut novel Shuggie Bain, about a queer boy growing up in 1980’s Glasgow, Scotland, won the Booker Prize last week.

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-54976523

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/nov/19/douglas-stuart-wins-booker-prize-for-debut-shuggie-bain

Recently Stuart talked to NPR and to Vulture:

https://www.npr.org/2020/11/14/934548946/shuggie-bain-will-lift-you-up-and-tear-you-up

https://www.vulture.com/2020/11/shuggie-bain-douglas-stuart.html

Shuggie Bain' writer Douglas Stuart wins Booker Prize
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2 thoughts on “Douglas Stuart’s “Shuggie Bain” wins the Booker prize

  1. The award is now called the Booker Prize, the “Man” part was dropped from the name last year I think. Just FYI.

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