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Douglas Stuart
@Doug_D_Stuart
YOUNG MUNGO // SHUGGIE BAIN // JOHN of JOHN May 2026 Finalist for the NBA. Winner of the 2020 Booker Prize. Stories in @newyorker
Manhattan, NY
Joined February 2019
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    Asked husband if he had any elastic bands, and he immediately said, yes, he had ‘three.’ He goes into the living room and lifts a cushion on the settee and lying in the dust are exactly three elastic bands. He looked really pleased with himself. I can’t stop thinking about it.
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    Thank you to everyone who has sent such supportive messages about Shuggie today. You got me right in the feels. As soon as we can have house parties again, I have an empty, and youse are all invited.
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    Twenty-five years together. Here we are. Happy.
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    Sitting on the train to Glasgow and feeling a bit emotional. I’m coming home and Y O U N G M U N G O is finally free in the world. Thank you to everyone for your love and support. X
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    How’s your summer going? ⛈
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    T H A N K Y O U. I am so grateful to @thebookerprizes and the judges for selecting Shuggie Bain as the 2020 Booker winner. It's difficult to express what this honour means in a tweet. So I'm googling skywriters, and I'll let youse know when to look up.
    Congratulations to our #2020BookerPrize winner @Doug_D_Stuart and his novel, Shuggie Bain! Watch to see why judges @LeeChildReacher, @sameerahim, @lemnsissay, @emilyrcwilson and chair of judges #MargaretBusby chose this wonderful book. @picadorbooks @panmacmillan
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    I’m watching Eurovision, drunk and eating chips, all alone in a Finnish hotel room. Of all the things I have achieved, this is what would impress my 15 year old self most.
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    My hope had always been to travel to London and collect this wee beauty in person...but, well.... So, I was delighted when it finally arrived today. Me and my girls are thrilled - I know they don’t look it - but thank you, THANK YOU! @TheBookerPrizes
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    Beyond chuffed to finally reveal the UK cover of YOUNG MUNGO! Thank you to the incredible artist #wolfgangtillmans for allowing me to use his iconic photograph - I am humbled by his generosity.
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    Cried in front of a crowd today, when @panmacmillan surprised me with a Golden Pan 🏆 The @picadorbooks edition of Shuggie Bain has now sold over 1,000,000 copies! I cannot thank you: the readers, booksellers and the Pan Mac fam enough for supporting Shuggie and Agnes. Belter!
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    I’ve always wanted a corduroy suit, so I finally bought one. 😬 If you see me in it and you think I look like a overstuffed settee, please don’t tell me. Just know that I’m soft, I’m happy and I’m heavenly to hug.
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    Yaldi! My big gay book, with its big gay cover has hit #1! Thank you to all the readers and booksellers who made this possible. This big gay author is over the moon*.
    Young Mungo by @Doug_D_Stuart is a Sunday Times No.1 Bestseller!
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    📚 Douglas Stuart, author of the 2020 Booker Prize-winning novel Shuggie Bain, is adapting his novel for @BBCOne and @BBCiPlayer in his first television series Read more ➡️ bbc.in/3GeJ3xM
    Author Douglas Stuart is pictured on the left. On the right is the cover of his book, Shuggie Bain.
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    I feel so at home in Ireland. Every time I order a salad they ask me if I want it with a side of chips.