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Shuggie Bain author to release poignant new book about living a secret life

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BookerPrize winning author of Shuggie Bain and Young Mungo is set to release a new novel Douglas Stuarts next project is expected to be another tender and poignant powerhouse work and was acquired by Picador to be released in 2026 Titled John of John the book is set in the Isle of Harris and is described as a tender and devastating story about love religion family secrets and sexuality The story follows Cal Macleod a young man returning home to his father John and grandmother in a small village in the Outer Hebrides at the end of the 90s A recent art school graduate Cal is drawn home to the family croft under the pretence of caring for his ailing grandmother But when Cal returns home he quickly discovers that not everything is as his father made it out to be and is also drawn back into a world of suppressed emotion and terrible secrecy In the words of the novels author John of John is a story about looking for love Its a story about looking for self But Cal has left behind many broken relationships when he left the island and hes got to come back and face them all And the family although theyre living in this one small croft house are all keeping some kind of secret from each other In this intense and intimate family portrait Cal and John both keeping their sexuality secret threatens both their relationship and their own lives John of John is currently set to be published on May 21 2026 At this time you can preorder a hardback copy from Waterstones for 20 Stuart shared in a video for Waterstones Im really excited Its my third novel its my new novel and I hope you enjoy meeting the Macleod family and everyone that comes into their life Douglas Stuart is a ScottishAmerican author and has written two novels to date Shuggie Bain 2020 and Young Mungo 2022 Both of Stuarts previous two works have drawn on his troubled family upbringing and his experience being gay in a claustrophobic Glasgow community coloured by toxic masculinity and poverty Help us improve our content by completing the survey below Wed love to hear from you Stuart grew up on a housing estate in Glasgow and earned a masters degree from the Royal College of Art before moving to New York City at 24 to work as a fashion designer He wrote his debut novel Shuggie Bain while working 12hour shifts as a senior director of design Based on Stuarts childhood Shuggie Bain is set in Glasgow in the 1980s and tells the story of a young boy growing up with a mother who is battling addiction Stuart explores poverty tough upbringings and alcoholism in his book Shuggie Bain went on to receive widespread literary acclaim winning the esteemed Booker Prize in 2020 A24 picked up rights to adapt Shuggie Bain more than four years ago and the BBC greenlit the project in late 2022 but it is still seeking international finance as reported by Deadline

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