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Shuggie Bain. Shuggie Bain is the debut novel by Scottish-American writer Douglas Stuart, published in 2020. It tells the story of the youngest of three children, Shuggie, growing up with his alcoholic mother Agnes in 1980s post-industrial working-class Glasgow, Scotland. [1] [2]
Feb 11, 2020 · Shuggie Bain is the unforgettable story of young Hugh "Shuggie" Bain, a sweet and lonely boy who spends his 1980s childhood in run-down public housing in Glasgow, Scotland. Thatcher's policies have put husbands and sons out of work, and the city's notorious drugs epidemic is waiting in the wings. Shuggie's mother Agnes walks a wayward path: she ...
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Feb 11, 2020 · Praise for Shuggie Bain. WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE New York Times Bestseller Finalist for the National Book Award Finalist for the Kirkus Prize Shortlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal Shortlisted for the Books Are My Bag Breakthrough Author Award Named a Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times and the Washington Post Named a ...
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Feb 11, 2020 · A stunning debut novel by a masterful writer telling the heartwrenching story of a young boy and his alcoholic mother, whose love is only matched by her pride. Shuggie Bain is the unforgettable story of young Hugh “Shuggie” Bain, a sweet and lonely boy who spends his 1980s childhood in run-down public housing in Glasgow, Scotland.
Nov 19, 2020 · Shuggie Bain is a desperately sad, but almost-hopeful examination of family and the destructive powers of desire.’ Synopsis . Glasgow, 1981. The city is dying. Poverty is on the rise. People watch the lives they had hoped for disappear from view. Agnes Bain had always expected more. She dreamed of
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Oct 13, 2020 · Shuggie Bain is the unforgettable story of young Hugh “Shuggie” Bain, a sweet and lonely boy who spends his 1980s childhood in run-down public housing in Glasgow, Scotland. Thatcher’s policies have put husbands and sons out of work, and the city’s notorious drugs epidemic is waiting in the wings. Shuggie’s mother Agnes walks a wayward ...
Feb 11, 2020 · This is the world of Shuggie Bain, a little boy growing up in Glasgow in the 1980s. And this is the world of Agnes Bain, his glamorous, calamitous mother, drinking herself ever so slowly to death ...
