Winner of the Booker PrizeWinner of &#39Book of the Year&#39 and &#39Debut of the Year&#39 at the British Book AwardsThe MillionCopy BestsellerA heartwrenchingly moving novel set in Glasgow during the Thatcher years, Shuggie Bain tells the story of a boy&#39s doomed attempt to save his proud, alcoholic mother from her addiction.&#39An amazingly intimate, compassionate, gripping portrait of addiction, courage and love.&#39 &ndash The judges of the Booker Prize&#39Shuggie Bain means so much to me. It is such a powerfully written story . . . I love a heartbreak book but there is so much love within this one, particularly between Shuggie and his mother&#39 &ndash Dua LipaIt is 1981. Glasgow is dying and good families must grift to survive. Agnes Bain has always expected more from life, dreaming of greater things. But Agnes is abandoned by her philandering husband, and as she descends deeper into drink, her children try their best to save her, yet one by one they must abandon her to save themselves.It is her son Shuggie who holds out hope the longest. Shuggie is different, he is clearly no&rsquo right. But Shuggie believes that if he tries his hardest, he can be normal like the other boys and help his mother escape this hopeless place.Shuggie Bain lays bare the ruthlessness of poverty, the limits of love, and the hollowness of pride. For readers of A Little Life and Angela&#39s Ashes, it is a heartbreaking novel by a brilliant writer with a powerful and important story to...

Binding: Paperback;448 pages; Publisher: Macmillan Publishers Int Ltd - MDL; Classification: FA; Weight: 444 g; Dimensions: 131 x 196 x 30

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