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But Agnes is abandoned by her philandering husband, and soon she and her three children find themselves trapped in a decimated mining town. As she descends deeper into drink, the children try their best to save her, yet one by one they must abandon her to save themselves. It is her son Shuggie who holds out hope the longest.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShuggie is different. Fastidious and fussy, he shares his mothers sense of snobbish propriety. The miners' children pick on him and adults condemn him as \u003cem\u003eno right\u003c\/em\u003e. But Shuggie believes that if he tries his hardest, he can be normal like the other boys and help his mother escape this hopeless place.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDouglas Stuart's \u003cem\u003eShuggie Bain\u003c\/em\u003e lays bare the ruthlessness of poverty, the limits of love, and the hollowness of pride. 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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. They should be sworn enemies if theyre to be seen as men at all, and yet they become best friends as they find a sanctuary in the doocot that James has built for his prize racing pigeons. As they begin to fall in love, they dream of escaping the grey city, and Mungo must work hard to hide his true self from all those around him, especially from his elder brother Hamish, a local gang leader with a brutal reputation to uphold.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut the threat of discovery is constant and the punishment unspeakable. When Mungos mother sends him on a fishing trip to a loch in Western Scotland, with two strange men behind whose drunken banter lie murky pasts, he needs to summon all his inner strength and courage to get back to a place of safety, a place where he and James might still have a future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eImbuing the everyday world of its characters with rich lyricism, Douglas Stuarts \u003cem\u003eYoung Mungo\u003c\/em\u003e 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 \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Prepare your hearts, for Douglas Stuart is back. 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