John of John — Douglas Stuart

The stunning new novel from the Booker Prize winning Sunday Times bestselling author of SHUGGIE BAIN and YOUNG MUNGO An Oprah s Book Club pick This book is special Colm Tóibín Passionate liberating and gorgeous Min Jin Lee Brilliant and rare Ann Patchett A masterpiece Elaine Feeney A fierce glorious sting of a novel Lauren GroffOut of money and with little to show for his art school education John Calum Macleod takes the ferry home to the island of Harris to find that not much has changed except for him In the windswept croft where he grew up Cal resumes his old life caught between the two poles of his childhood his father John a sheep farmer weaver and pillar of their local Presbyterian church and his Glaswegian grandmother Ella who has kept a faltering peace with her son in law for decades While Cal wonders if any lonely men might be found on the barren hillsides of home John is dismayed by his son s long hair and how he seems unwilling to be Saved As the seasons pass everything is poised to change as the threads holding together the fragile community become increasingly entangled John of John is the heartbreaking story of a young man s return home and how the bonds of family life are torn by the weight of expectation It confirms Douglas Stuart as one of the great British writers at work today Tanıtım Bülteninden