Damian Barr presents an online Literary Salon with LGBTQ+ debut novelist Douglas Stuart this evening, Friday, June 26, from 8pm.Douglas is making waves at the moment – his first ever short story was published in The New Yorker in January, he’s been named one of the Observer’s ‘best debut novelists of 2020’, Elle and Vogue have listed him as one of the best books of the year, and USA Today have named his as one of the top ten authors to read during Pride month.Shuggie Bain is the first novel from Douglas, who was born and raised in Glasgow.
The book is the story of a little boy growing up in 1980s Glasgow whose world is Agnes, his glamorous, calamitous mother, drinking herself ever so slowly to death.