{"id":47253,"date":"2020-09-27T11:12:03","date_gmt":"2020-09-27T15:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/?p=47253"},"modified":"2020-09-18T12:45:31","modified_gmt":"2020-09-18T16:45:31","slug":"shuggie-bain-by-douglas-stuart-in-booklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/shuggie-bain-by-douglas-stuart-in-booklist\/","title":{"rendered":"Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart [in Booklist]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-46926\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/Shuggie-Bain-Douglas-Stuart-BookDragon-530x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/Shuggie-Bain-Douglas-Stuart-BookDragon-530x800.jpg 530w, https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/Shuggie-Bain-Douglas-Stuart-BookDragon.jpg 636w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Seventeen-and-a-half-hours is a long,\u00a0<em>lonnnnnng<\/em> commitment, and Scottish actor Angus King takes on his fellow Glaswegian Douglas Stuart\u2019s resonating debut with meticulous devotion. While the title belongs to young Shuggie Bain, who comes of age in the poorest neighborhoods around Glasgow in the 1980s, the narrative is driven by the struggles, hopes, and failures of his glamorous mother, Agnes \u2013 \u201ca facsimile of Elizabeth Taylor\u201d \u2013 and the relentless consequences of her alcohol addiction-fueled devastation.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the degradation and violence she endures, Agnes always manages to step outside elegantly groomed, the proud, well-spoken veneer she instills in her youngest son. While repetitive abandonment defines Agnes\u2019 life \u2013 her philandering husband leaves, her daughter emigrates, her parents die, her longest post-marital lover won\u2019t commit, her older son moves out \u2013 only Shuggie continues to protect, love, and forgive her again and again.<\/p>\n<p>For listeners unfamiliar with Glaswegian English, King\u2019s affecting narration might initially require careful, undistracted attention, but patience will be well-rewarded as Stuart\u2019s family drama \u2013 a dozen years in the writing, heavy with autobiographical undertones \u2013 seeps into ears, settles into hearts, and lingers in memories.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.booklistonline.com\/Shuggie-Bain-\/pid=9735462\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">&#8220;Media,&#8221; <em>Booklist Online<\/em>, August 28, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Adult<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seventeen-and-a-half-hours is a long,\u00a0lonnnnnng commitment, and Scottish actor Angus King takes on his fellow Glaswegian Douglas Stuart\u2019s resonating debut with meticulous devotion. 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