Booker Prize ぶっかーしょう
Edition 52 (2020)
Literary prizeEnglish-language long fictionInternational literary prize (English works)
Winners
1 peopleSet in Glasgow in the 1980s, it depicts poverty, isolation, and love through the relationship between a young boy named Shaggy and his alcoholic mother. A family novel that embraces harsh reality while also adding deep empathy.
Set in Glasgow in the 1980s, it depicts poverty, isolation, and love through the relationship between a young boy named Shaggy and his alcoholic mother.
povertyaddictionfamilyworking classScottish society