Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart novel In this thoroughly researched and

In this thoroughly researched and delightfully narrated book

Push through when procrastination calls

making it a unique example of a language with antiquity and unbroken historical continuity

and the tensions within family and the community

The poet asks what will be left of all this experience

Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart novel In this thoroughly researched andBorn under different stars, Protestant Mungo and Catholic James live in a hyper masculine world. They are caught between two of Glasgows housing estates, where young working class men divide themselves along sectarian lines, and fight territorial battles for the sake of reputation. They should be sworn enemies if theyre to be seen as men at all, and yet as they begin to fall in love, they dream of escape, and Mungo must work hard to hide his true self