Salon LIVE Online: Douglas Stuart with Damian Barr
Join Douglas Stuart and Damian Barr for a trip to 1980s Glasgow and the world of Shuggie Bain. June 26th 8-9pm (UK time).
Shuggie Bain is a little boy growing up in 1980s Glasgow. And his world is Agnes Bain, his glamorous, calamitous mother, drinking herself ever so slowly to death. Shuggie tries to save her and finds himself in a city that’s both bleak and dazzling. This novel will break your heart only to mend it again bigger and stronger and more generous. It’s the world I grew up in and wrote about in Maggie & Me but here it’s brought to life in fiction, albeit partly autobiographical. The New York Times Book Review said: "The book would be just about unbearable were it not for the author’s astonishing capacity for love. He’s lovely, Douglas Stuart, fierce and loving and lovely. He shows us lots of monstrous behaviour, but not a single monster―only damage. If he has a sharp eye for brokenness, he is even keener on the inextinguishable flicker of love that remains.” Douglas, born and brought up in Glasgow, now lives in New York. He was chosen as one of the Observer's 'best debut novelists' earlier this year and had his first story published in the New Yorker in January. 'Found Wanting' is about growing up queer before the internet and it is INCREDIBLE. I can’t wait to talk him about all of it!
Join Douglas Stuart and Damian Barr for a conversation online from 8-9pm (UK time). Tickets are £5 plus £0.98 booking fee. This event will happen via Zoom, but only Douglas & Damian will be visible and audible and the audience will remain entirely anonymous (so you can wear what you like).
We look forward to you joining us.
NB: Once you've purchased your ticket please click on the webinar link and register (this may involve inputting your name and email address). We recommend logging onto the webinar 10 to 15 mins before the event starts. If you have any issues logging in please contact Rosie Chipping, Production Manager, at rosie@literary-salon.co.uk.
