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| Author | Douglas Stuart |
|---|---|
| Audio read by | Chris Reilly |
| Working title | Loch Awe |
| Cover artist | Kyle Thompson (photographer, US ed.) Wolfgang Tillmans (photographer, UK ed.) |
| Language | English |
| Genres | |
| Publisher | Grove Press (US) Picador (UK) |
Publication date | April 5, 2022 (US) April 14, 2022 (UK) |
| Publication place | United States United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (hardcover), kindle, ebook, audiobook |
| Pages | 400 pp. |
| ISBN | 9780802159557 (US hardcover 1st ed.) 9781529068764 (UK hardcover 1st ed.) |
| OCLC | 1260664224 |
| 813/.6 | |
| LC Class | PS3619.T828 Y68 2022 |
Young Mungo is a 2022 novel by Scottish-American writer Douglas Stuart. It was published by Grove Press on April 5, 2022 and by Picador on April 14, 2022. The novel follows Mungo Hamilton, a teenager navigating a life of poverty and parental neglect in the early 1990s Glasgow. When the character falls in love with a boy named James, he must confront the homophobia, toxic masculinity, and religious conflicts of the society of his time. It is Stuart's second novel, following his Booker Prize-winning debut Shuggie Bain (2020). The novel was critically acclaimed and was chosen as one of the best books of the year by publications such as The Washington Post, Time, Reader's Digest, The Telegraph and Vanity Fair.