The Interview - Douglas Stuart: Stories of tender souls in tough places

Douglas Stuart: Stories of tender souls in tough places

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Stephen Sackur speaks to the Booker prize-winning author Douglas Stuart. His novel, Shuggie Bain, centres on a boy growing up amid poverty, addiction and intolerance in Glasgow. There are deep parallels with his own life. How does he extract so much love from hardship?


Published on Friday, 19th February 2021.

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