Back in January, we discussed Anna Burns' novel Milkman, which won the 2018 Man Booker Prize, during one of our "fifth Wednesday" sessions featuring non-LGBTQ books. (It actually does have gay characters, I should note, but we didn't realize that when we selected it.) A tip of the hat to our friend Robert Muir for reporting that this year's Man Booker Prize-winner (just announced), Shuggie Bain, is a largely autobiographical novel by Douglas Stuart, a gay Scotsman. (Here are writeups about the awards ceremony from Vanity Fair, the New York Times and Washington Post.) I just ordered my copy, but it certainly sounds likes a plausible contender for our next reading list.
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Thanks Steve. I hope to get to it after the Rushdie.
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