Last November, when we discussed Douglas Stuart's Shuggie Bain, several of us expressed interest in reading his latest novel, Young Mungo. In today's edition of his weekly Book Club newsletter (which I highly recommend signing up for even if you're not a Washington Post subscriber; it's free), critic Ron Charles cites it, along with a "straight" novel, as examples of the apparent squeamishness of American publishers when it comes to depicting kisses on book covers. (Apologies for being unable to manipulate the images from the newsletter to fit this space, which is why the Stateside cover of Young Mungo is inadvertently cut off below.) Not that you're missing that much; as Charles observes, "The U.K. cover shows a couple of young men mashing their mouths together, while the U.S. cover shows a teenager alone, partially submerged in water. So much for young love..."
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