Shuggie Bain
by Douglas Stuart
Taste attributes: dramaslowunsavouryheavyrealisticlineargrittyenclosedemotive & stirringself destruction/implosioncomplex relationshiphuman spirit/resilience/survival
Boxlist takeA moving, grounded novel: heavy and unhurried. Best if you like stories that hit hard.
Pace: slow · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: very stirringHow we score
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4.2 / 5
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About This Book
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.
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- Author
- Douglas Stuart
- Published
- 2020
- Pages
- 538
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- Open Library
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