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Shuggie Bain : a novel / Douglas Stuart

By:

Stuart, Douglas, (1976-)

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York, : Grover Press , 2020Description: 430 p. ; 21 cmISBN:

9780802148506

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

FIC STU

LOC classification:

PN1997 .G32

Awards:

Shorlisted for The 2020 Booker Prize
National Book Award finalist

Summary: Shuggie Bain is the unforgettable story of young Hugh "Shuggie" Bain, a sweet and lonely boy who spends his 1980s childhood in public housing in Glasgow, Scotland. Thatcher's war on heavy industry has put husbands and sons out of work, and the city's notorious drugs epidemic is waiting in the wings. Shuggie's mother Agnes walks a wayward path: she is Shuggie's guiding light.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Fiction / Ficción	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	General	FIC STU (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		000855

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Shuggie Bain is the unforgettable story of young Hugh "Shuggie" Bain, a sweet and lonely boy who spends his 1980s childhood in public housing in Glasgow, Scotland. Thatcher's war on heavy industry has put husbands and sons out of work, and the city's notorious drugs epidemic is waiting in the wings. Shuggie's mother Agnes walks a wayward path: she is Shuggie's guiding light.