Recently nominated for this year's Booker longlist, Shuggie Bain is the debut novel by Douglas Stuart - he talks to RTÉ Arena above.
It's the story of a boy growing up in 1980s Glasgow, struggling to find a way out of hard times for himself and his family. It is also the story of a boy’s love for his mother, Agnes, lost in the haze of an alcohol addiction.
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