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Young Mungo 2022
Young Mungo is a 2022 novel written by Scottish-American author Douglas Stuart. Published by Grove Press in 5 April 2022 and by Picador in 14 April 2022, the story centers on Mungo Hamilton, a youth growing up in poverty and amidst parental abandonment in early 1990s Glasgow. As he falls for another boy named James, Mungo faces the harsh realities of homophobia, rigid masculinity, and religious tensions of his era. This represents Stuart’s second novel, after his Booker Prize-winning first, Shuggie Bain, published in 2020. The novel received widespread critical praise and was named one of the best books of the year by outlets including The Washington Post, Time, Reader's Digest, The Telegraph, and Vanity Fair.
Details
- Publisher
- Grove Press
- ISBN
- 9780802159557
- Pages
- 400
- Format
- Print (hardcover)
