Shuggie Bain

Douglas Stuart's "Shuggie Bain" wins the 2020 Booker Prize "A debut that reads like a masterpiece." The Washington Post Shuggie is different, tender, imaginative and feminine, and this in the dreariness and poverty of a working-class family in 1980s Glasgow, with a father who values virile potency above all else. Shuggie's heart belongs to his mother, Agnes, who understands him and energetically counters the grey world with her beauty, showing poise with flawless make-up, gleaming white false teeth and glamorous clothes - and yet increasingly seeks solace in alcohol. It is Shuggie's mission to save her, a task he fulfils with absolute devotion and unwavering love year after year, until he finally has to fail.Actor Mark Wascke interprets the story about the misery of poverty and the perseverance of love - deeply sad and at the same time with poignant tenderness.