Shuggie BainAuthor: Stuart, Douglas Central Scotland Published on 15 April 2021 by Pan Macmillan (Picador) in the United Kingdom. Paperback 480 pages 131 x 196 x 30 322g Winner of the Booker PrizeWinner of 'Book of the Year' and 'Debut of the Year' at the British Book AwardsThe Million Copy Bestseller'An amazingly intimate, compassionate, gripping portrait of addiction, courage and love.' The judges of the Booker Prize'Shuggie Bain means so much to me. It is such

or sport or exams

The unfaltering valet even offers up his approach to breaking and entering (‘the recognized method in vogue in the burgling industry’)

and with helping out his friend's barn construction job - on which the clock is ticking

with countless men lost

A contemporary fantasy set in a small community in North London facing eviction and gentrification with a magical garden at the centre of it

of being able to peel back the layers one by one and set them before us

Slide and seek the double pull-out pages to discover first wild animal facts

Not mysteriously vanishing climbing buddies

what we wear defines who we are

And absolutely no more being nicknamed Cucumber Girl

choosing what to see or creating a travel plan to cover key places like Glen Coe

Searching for redemption like all of us are – and he seems to be aware of the depths of that search