Young Mungo

A Novel

De: Douglas Stuart

Narrado por: Chris Reilly

2023 DUBLIN Literary Award, Long-listed

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"Young Mungo seals it: Douglas Stuart is a genius." —The Washington Post

From the Booker Prize-winning author of Shuggie Bain, Young Mungo is both a vivid portrayal of working-class life and the deeply moving story of the dangerous first love of two young men.

Born under different stars, Protestant Mungo and Catholic James live in a hyper-masculine world. They are caught between two of Glasgow’s 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 they’re to be seen as men at all, and yet they become best friends as they find a sanctuary in the dovecote 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.

But the threat of discovery is constant and the punishment unspeakable. When Mungo’s 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.

Imbuing the everyday world of its characters with rich lyricism, Douglas Stuart’s 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.

©2022 Douglas Stuart (P)2022 Penguin Random House Canada

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“Astonishing. . . . Stuart’s writing is stellar. . . . [T]he reader comes to cherish the characters their creator has brought to life. It’s a sucker punch to the heart.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“[Douglas Stuart] creates characters so vivid, dilemmas so heart-rending, and dialogue so brilliant that the whole thing sucks you in like a vacuum cleaner. . . . Romantic, terrifying, brutal, tender, and, in the end, sneakily hopeful. What a writer.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

“Prepare your hearts, for Douglas Stuart is back. After the extraordinary success of Shuggie Bain, his second novel, Young Mungo . . . is another beautiful and moving book, a gay Romeo and Juliet set in the brutal world of Glasgow’s housing estates.” —The Guardian

The darkest book i’ve ever read

I absolutely loved this book, i’m not sure if i was in the right headspace, right now id rate i
the book a 3.75 BUT i know on a regular day it would probably be a solid 4.75 or a 5, that’s why i rated it like that. the actual narration aka the audiobook was a 5⭐️, it helped me understand the book way more than i would’ve if i read it by myself. i am not from scotland, therefore don’t understand the slang, so hearing it out loud made my experience a million times better. so thank you!!! I would recommend this book, however, PLEASE look up the trigger warnings for your own safety. i have never experienced ANY of the stuff that happened in this book, BUT i still felt deeply uncomfortable at points that i had to put it down at points, even debating to DNF it but thank goodness i didn’t, because the ending made everything worth it. 10/10