5/9/2023 0 Comments Young mungo douglas stuart![]() “It’s about two young lads in Glasgow finding each other and clinging to each other. ![]() “ Young Mungo isn’t about that isolation,” Stuart, 45, tells me. “Thank you to the incredible artist #wolfgangtillmans for allowing me to use his iconic photograph – I am humbled by his generosity.” “Beyond chuffed to finally reveal the UK cover of Young Mungo,” Stuart tweeted last month. Indeed, that image of a lad climbing on what looks like a clothes drying pole, shot by photographer Jez Coulson in a Glasgow housing scheme circa 1987, is popularly known as Crucified in Easterhouse or Easterhouse Crucifixion.įor his second novel, Young Mungo, though, Stuart had (obviously) a different story to tell and a different cover image in mind: Wolfgang Tillmans’ 2002 photograph The Cock (Kiss), an up-close-and-personal shot of two men kissing in a London club. That’s the symbolism of him, alone in this landscape.” “And that’s even the case with Shuggie Bain – here’s a little boy who’s literally being crucified. ![]() ![]() “Oftentimes in queer literature, the queer character on the cover is seen alone, solo, or maybe looking a little bit downcast,” says the author of Shuggie Bain, the 2020 debut novel that roared, winning the Booker Prize and critical accolades galore. Douglas Stuart had a very specific idea for the front jacket image of his first book. ![]()
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