{"product_id":"9781529068788","title":"Young Mungo","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Stuart, Douglas\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eOf specific Gay interest\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 13 April 2023 by PAN MACMILLAN (Picador) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 400 pages\u003cbr\u003e130 x 198 x 28 | 292g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Number One Sunday Times Bestseller\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSelected by Dua Lipa for Service95's Bookclub Recommendations\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Another beautiful and moving book, a gay Romeo and Juliet set in the brutal world of Glasgows housing estates . . . If [his] first novel announced Stuart as a novelist of great promise, this confirms him as a prodigious talent.' The Observer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the Booker Prize-winning author of Shuggie Bain, a vivid portrayal of working-class life in 80s Glasgow, and the deeply moving story of the dangerous first love of two young men.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn under different stars, Protestant Mungo and Catholic James live in a hyper-masculine world. They are caught between two of Glasgows housing estates, where young working-class men divide themselves along sectarian lines, and fight territorial battles for the sake of reputation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey should be sworn enemies if theyre to be seen as men at all, and yet as they begin to fall in love, they dream of escape, and Mungo must work hard to hide his true self from all those around him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut the threat of discovery is constant. When Mungos mother sends him on a fishing trip to a loch in western Scotland with two strange men, he must summon all his inner strength and courage to reach a place of safety, a place where he and James might still have a future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDouglas Stuarts Young Mungo is a gripping and revealing story about the meaning of masculinity, the push and pull of family, the violence faced by so many queer people, and the dangers of loving someone too much.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYoung Mungo was a Sunday Times bestseller w\/c 10\/4\/22\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HUNTS BOOKSHOP LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44041828368624,"sku":"9781529068788","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0514\/8635\/9739\/files\/9781529068788.jpg?v=1713535855","url":"https:\/\/huntsbookshop.pro\/products\/9781529068788","provider":"Hunt's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}