The tobgraphil novel, about the lonely gay son of an alholic mother 1980s Stland, was one of four but books this year’s shortlist.
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- GAY THOR WS THE BOOKER PRIZE FOR ’EMOTIVE’ BUT NOVEL ABOUT GROWG UP QUEER 1980S GLASGOW
- GREAT ST! SHUGGIE BA IS AN EPIC GAY G-OF-AGE STORY
GAY THOR WS THE BOOKER PRIZE FOR ’EMOTIVE’ BUT NOVEL ABOUT GROWG UP QUEER 1980S GLASGOW
* is shuggie bain a gay novel *
Nila Sturgeon, the first mister of Stland, tweeted a photo of the book, and ngratulated Stuart on his Booker Sttish Amerin actor and wrer Alan Cummg, who beme iendly wh Stuart after readg “Shuggie Ba, ” said he was stck by how Stuart drew on the Sttish lerary non but expand by wrg om the pot of view of a gay boy and his wayward mother. “There was no way to intify as gay, bee I was too young, but I was different.
GREAT ST! SHUGGIE BA IS AN EPIC GAY G-OF-AGE STORY
Many told Stuart would be too hard to get Amerins terted a novel about a gay Sttish boy and his alholic Stuart met wh Peter Blackstock, a senr edor at Grove Atlantic, who was termed to publish “Shuggie Ba.