Douglas Stuart
Book Shambles
Robin and Josie are joined by author Douglas Stuart, winner of the 2020 Booker Prize for his debut novel Shuggie Bain ahead of it’s release in paperback. They chat about the book’s decade long gestation, growing up in Glasgow under Thatcher, the inspiration of Thomas Hardy and the importance of getting more working class stories into popular fiction.
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Reading List
Books recommended this week include:
Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart
Tess of the d’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy
The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
LAssommoir by Emile Zola
The work of Robert Burns
The work of Robert Louis Stevenson
As You Were by Elaine Feeney
Abundance by Jakob Guanzon
The work of James Baldwin
Just Ignore Him by Alan Davies
Motherwell: A Girlhood by Deborah Orr
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