About this episode

Douglas Stuart discusses his new novel John of John in the 1000th episode of Little Atoms.

Douglas Stuart was born and raised in Glasgow. After graduating from the Royal College of Art, he moved to New York, where he began a career in fashion design. Shuggie Bain , his first novel, won the Booker Prize and both 'Debut of the Year' and 'Book of the Year' at the British Book Awards. It was also shortlisted for the US National Book Award for Fiction, among many other awards. His second novel, Young Mungo, wa s a number one Sunday Times Bestseller. His short stories have appeared in The New Yorker. On this, the 1000th episode of Little Atoms, he talks to Neil Denny about his new novel John of John. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Neil Denny

Guest: Douglas Stuart

Topics covered

• literature
• novels
• author interview
• Booker Prize
• fashion design
• Scottish authors

Keywords

• Douglas Stuart
• John of John
• Shuggie Bain
• Young Mungo
• Booker Prize
• New York
• Glasgow
• fashion design

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Royal College of Art, The New Yorker

Books & works: Shuggie Bain, Young Mungo

Places: Glasgow, New York

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