by Douglas Stuart
Winner of the 2020 Booker Prize
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.
This is a heartbreaking story of addiction, sexuality, and love, Shuggie Bain
is an epic portrayal of a working-class family that is rarely seen in
fiction.
It reminded me of the memoir Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt.
