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Booker Prize goes to Scottish author Douglas Stuart for debut novel Shuggie Bain – ABC News
Douglas Stuart, the second Scot to win the Booker in its 51-year history, says the book was inspired by growing up queer in ’80s Glasgow, with a mother he couldn’t…
Scottish author Douglas Stuart has won the 50,000-pound ($88,250) Booker Prize, for his debut novel Shuggie Bain, dedicating the win to his mother.
He is the second Scot to win in the Prize’s history, after James Kelman in 1994.
The Booker Prize was announced in a socially distanced, live-streamed ceremony from London’s Roundhouse, featuring appearances by former US president Barack Obama and The Duchess of Cornwall, and former Booker Prize winners Kazuo Ishiguro, Margaret Atwood and Bernardine…
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