Douglas Stuart on YOUNG MUNGO
\u201cI knew that after writing this sweeping family portrait that goes over about 40 years in the Bain family's history, that for my next novel, I wanted to write something that was very focused, that was quite propulsive, and quite edited in the scope and the time that we spend with the characters. And so, for me, it was about romance. It's about that love between these two young men.\u201d Douglas Stuart has charmed more than a million and a half readers with his National Booker Award and Booker Prize-winning debut novel,\xa0Shuggie Bain.\xa0Douglas joins us on the show to talk about his incredible new novel,\xa0Young Mungo, optimism, writing about the working class and being gay, masculinity, love, mobility, Margaret Thatcher\u2019s legacy, the importance of having a plan before you sit down to write, the writers who inspire him, and much more with Poured Over\u2019s host, Miwa Messer. And we end the episode with a TBR Topoff segment featuring Margie and Marc.
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Featured Books:
Young Mungo\xa0by Douglas Stuart
Shuggie Bain\xa0by Douglas Stuart
How Late It Was, How Late\xa0by James Kelman
Tess of the D\u2019Urbervilles\xa0by Thomas Hardy
Jude the Obscure\xa0by Thomas Hardy
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Poured Over is hosted and produced by Miwa Messer. This episode was mixed by Chris Gillespie. Follow us here for new episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays).
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