-The number one Sunday Times bestseller, from the Booker Prize-winning author of Shuggie Bain.
''Beautiful and moving, a gay Romeo and Juliet set in the brutal world of Glasgow’s housing estates'' – The Observer
A Selection of Dua Lipa''s Service95 Bookclub.
Douglas Stuart’s Young Mungo is a vivid portrayal of working-class life in 80s Glasgow, 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.