Douglas Stuart

Alan Yentob meets Douglas Stuart at a critical point in his career as he emerges from the starlight of his triumphant debut novel, and winner of the Booker Prize, Shuggie Bain. imagine… walks the streets of Glasgow's East End and the East Village in New York as Douglas Stuart tries to unite two very different sides of his life through his writing.

Nati sotto stelle diverse, il protestante Mungo Hamilton e il cattolico James Jamieson vivono in un mondo iper-mascolinizzato, in due quartieri della Glasgow dei primi anni Novanta, dove i giovani della classe operaia si dividono secondo linee settarie e combattono battaglie territoriali per difendere la propria reputazione. Per essere considerati veri uomini, i due ragazzi dovrebbero essere nemici giurati, eppure diventano migliori amici quando trovano un rifugio nella casetta che James ha costruito per i suoi piccioni da corsa. Mentre si innamorano, si aggrappano l'uno all'altro scoprendo la tenerezza e sognano di fuggire da quella città grigia e inospitale. Mungo deve impegnarsi duramente per nascondere il suo vero io a tutti coloro che lo circondano, specialmente al fratello maggiore Hamish, capo di una banda locale con una brutale reputazione da difendere, che vuole trascinarlo nella piccola criminalità..

It is 1981. Glasgow is dying and good families must grift to survive. Agnes Bain has always expected more from life. She dreams of greater things: a house with its own front door and a life bought and paid for outright (like her perfect, but false, teeth). But Agnes is abandoned by her philandering husband, and soon she and her three children find themselves trapped in a decimated mining town. As she descends deeper into drink, the 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.

Little Giant Still Life is an exhilarating new album from trumpeter and composer Dave Douglas featuring five brass players and drums. Much of this music was inspired by the American painter Stuart Davis and the music explodes with the same bright colors and excitement of Davis’ works.