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On Front Row last week, Douglas Stuart was awarded the 2020 Booker Prize for Fiction for Shuggie Bain, his debut novel about a boy in 1980s Glasgow who supports his mother as she struggles with addiction.
Tonight Douglas Stuart talks in-depth with John Wilson about his extraordinary journey from Glasgow to becoming a fashion designer in New York and now a best-selling novelist, after being rejected by more than 30 publishers.
Plus we announce the winner of this year’s George Devine Award – the £15,000 prize for an original stage play.
Presenter: John Wilson
main image: Douglas Stuart
By BBC Radio 44.4
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On Front Row last week, Douglas Stuart was awarded the 2020 Booker Prize for Fiction for Shuggie Bain, his debut novel about a boy in 1980s Glasgow who supports his mother as she struggles with addiction.
Tonight Douglas Stuart talks in-depth with John Wilson about his extraordinary journey from Glasgow to becoming a fashion designer in New York and now a best-selling novelist, after being rejected by more than 30 publishers.
Plus we announce the winner of this year’s George Devine Award – the £15,000 prize for an original stage play.
Presenter: John Wilson
main image: Douglas Stuart

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