Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart novel the peaks of mountains and

the peaks of mountains and the swells of oceans

prejudice and the inhumanity of the state

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In this thoroughly researched and delightfully narrated book

and the tensions within family and the community

Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart novel the peaks of mountains andBorn under different stars, Protestant Mungo and Catholic James live in a hyper masculine world. They are caught between two of Glasgows housing estates, where young working class men divide themselves along sectarian lines, and fight territorial battles for the sake of reputation. They should be sworn enemies if theyre to be seen as men at all, and yet as they begin to fall in love, they dream of escape, and Mungo must work hard to hide his true self