Shuggie Bain
20 February 2020
Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE
WINNER OF 'BOOK OF THE YEAR' AND 'DEBUT OF THE YEAR' AT THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS
THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER
'An amazingly intimate, compassionate, gripping portrait of addiction, courage and love.' – The judges of the Booker Prize
'Douglas Stuart has written a first novel of rare and lasting beauty.' – The Observer
'Shuggie Bain means so much to me. It...
Details
20 February 2020
1050 minutes
Angus King
9781529019315
Imprint: Picador
Reviews
A heartbreaking novel, a book both beautiful and brutal . . . All that grief and sadness and misery has been turned into something tough, tender and beautifully sad.The Times
Leaves us gutted and marvelling: Life may be short, but it takes forever.New York Times
I think it’s the best first book I’ve read in many years.Karl Ove Knausgård, Guardian
Rarely does a debut novel establish its world with such sure-footedness, and Stuart’s prose is lithe, lyrical and full of revelatory descriptive insights.Alex Preston, Observer