Shortlisted for the Booker Prize and a finalist for the National Book Award, Douglas Stuart’s début novel, Shuggie Bain is the unforgettable story of young Hugh “Shuggie” Bain. Shuggie is a sweet and lonely boy living in 1980s, Glasgow under Thatcher’s policies while his mother battles with addiction and poverty. Shuggie Bain is a novel that portrays the struggles of working class families with a heartbreaking examination of addiction, sexuality and love.