{"product_id":"9781037416781","title":"John of John","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Douglas Stuart\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eOf specific Gay interest\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 21 May 2026 by PAN MACMILLAN (Picador).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 416 pages\u003cbr\u003e152 x 233 x 33 | 508g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe stunning new novel from the Booker Prize-winning, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eSHUGGIE BAIN\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eYOUNG MUNGO\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2026\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR FICTION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAN OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'You finish the novel feeling emotionally enriched and slightly bereft at leaving its characters behind' \u003cb\u003e- \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This book is special' \u003cb\u003e- Colm Toibin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Passionate, liberating, and gorgeous' \u003cb\u003e- Min Jin Lee\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Brilliant and rare' \u003cb\u003e- Ann Patchett\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A masterpiece' \u003cb\u003e- Elaine Feeney\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A fierce, glorious sting of a novel' \u003cb\u003e- Lauren Groff\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOut 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Stuart's most consummate work of literature to date' - \u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Intimate yet epic in scale . . . enthralling' - \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Miraculous . . . This beautiful story of literal and metaphorical homecoming is wholly satisfying' - \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A capacious, ambitious novel, both swiftly readable and genuinely profound' - \u003ci\u003eThe Daily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A superb example of what a novel can do . . . I'd give him another Booker right away' - \u003ci\u003eThe Scotsman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Told in beautiful, thoughtful prose that transports readers to lives and locales they will never know' - \u003ci\u003eFT\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Douglas Stuart at his best . . . Reader, hold this masterpiece in your hands and feel yourself forever changed' - \u003ci\u003eThe Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57359325069687,"sku":"9781037416781","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/files\/9781037416781.jpg?v=1786107165","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.co.uk\/products\/9781037416781","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}