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Shuggie Bain

by Douglas Stuart · 2020

Literary Fiction · ranked #50 in category

Winner · The Booker Prize, 2020

In 1980s Glasgow, Shuggie Bain worships his beautiful, deeply troubled mother Agnes — an alcoholic in a community where alcoholism is everywhere and escape almost impossible. Stuart's Booker Prize-winning debut is an unsparing portrait of poverty, addiction, love and the specific cruelty of a society that offers no way out.

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Category
Literary Fiction
First published
2020 · 2020s
Author
Douglas Stuart
Standing
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