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
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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. 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. AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTThe tobgraphil novel, about the lonely gay son of an alholic mother 1980s Stland, was one of four but books this year’s Dorsa for The New York Tim[The Bt Books of 2020: View our full list.
“Shuggie Ba” unfolds 1980s Glasgow and centers on a boy nicknamed Shuggie, who is stgglg wh beg gay and his mother’s addictn.
GREAT ST! SHUGGIE BA IS AN EPIC GAY G-OF-AGE STORY
The others were Brandon Taylor for “Real Life, ” which follows a Black gay graduate stunt navigatg whe mp culture; Diane Cook for her dystopian novel “The New Wilrns, ” about a mother and dghter who left a polluted cy for the last swath of wilrns; and Avni Doshi for “Burnt Sugar, ” about an artist Pune, India, whose mother abandoned her to jo an two tablished thors on the shortlist were Maaza Mengiste, for her novel “The Shadow Kg, ” set durg Italy’s vasn of Ethpia the 1930s, and Tssi Dangarembga for “This Mournable Body, ” which centers on a middle-aged woman stgglg wh life year, the Booker judg ma the surprisg cisn to flout their own l and award the prize jotly to Margaret Atwood, for “The Ttaments, ” a sequel to her 1985 dystopian classic, “The Handmaid’s Tale, ” and Bernarde Evaristo, for her novel “Girl, Woman, Other. Gay thor Douglas Stuart has won the Booker Prize for his tobgraphil but novel Shuggie Ba, which tells the story of a queer youth livg wh his alholic mother 1980s Glasgow. Gay thor Douglas Stuart won the Booker Prize for his ’emotive, nuanced’ but novel Shuggie Ba.