Love and Misery. A Human Experience.
Love and Misery. A Human Experience. Let Glasgow Flourish . That’s the city motto of the setting, once again, of Douglas Stuart’s YOUNG MUNGO, his remarkably dark and resilient follow-up to his award-winning debut, SHUGGIE BAIN. And like the city that nurtured Stuart and all his characters, YOUNG MUNGO becomes the tale of a child trying to flourish, and the people, the things, the events, the economics, the politics, all those family ties, that trip and pull and beat one into submission. A tale of the first breath of love, and the forces that seek to drown it. A story about what it takes to keep your head above water - gasping, grasping, surviving one beat at a time - and daring to believe you deserve love despite all the odds against it and in spite of every indication from others that you are not worthy of it. The title character is named after the Patron Saint of Glasgow. Saints come in varieties, but they are u...
