An Evening with Douglas Stuart (Part One)
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Welcome to Intelligence Squared, where great minds meet. I'm producer Mia Serenti. Today's episode is part one of our recent live event with Booker Prize winning novelist Douglas Stewart. Known for his searing portrayals of working class and queer identity in novels Shuggy Bane and Young Mungo, on May 20, Stewart joined us at Union Chapel. To discuss the themes of his new novel, John of John.
In John of John, Stuart returns to the themes of family, masculinity, and sexuality. It is the story of John Callum MacLeod, who returns to his childhood home on the Isle of Harris. Out of money and with little to show for his art school education, he sinks back into 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. Let's join our host, Jack Edwards, now, live at Union Chapel.
Hello everyone and welcome to this very special Intelligence Squared event. My name is Jack Edwards. I am thrilled to be sharing this experience with you today here in the gorgeous Union Chapel. This venue will make a lot of sense when you read the book.
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