Young Mungo

Young Mungo – A Hauntingly Beautiful Novel of Queer Love & Working-Class Struggle 🏙️💔 A Forbidden Love. A Harsh Reality. A Fight for Survival. 💔🏙️ From Booker Prize-winning author Douglas Stuart (Shuggie Bain), Young Mungo is a deeply moving novel about queer first love, sectarian violence, and the struggles of working-class life in Glasgow. 📖 Hailed as one of the best books of the year (NPR, Time, Washington Post), this novel captures the tender yet brutal coming-of-age story of Mungo and James—two boys from opposite worlds. 🕊️ Mungo is Protestant. James is Catholic. They are meant to be enemies, but in James’s pigeon dovecote, they find sanctuary, love, and a dream of escape. 🌊 But Mungo’s mother has other plans. She sends him on a fishing trip to a remote loch with two strangers. As the trip takes a dark and terrifying turn, Mungo must summon all his strength to make it home—to James, and to a future they can barely hope for. ✨ A stunning exploration of love, survival, and the l