{"product_id":"john-of-john","title":"John of John","description":"\u003ch4\u003eDouglas Stuart | Paperback | May 2026 \u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-v-5e50dbe2=\"\" class=\"product-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\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\u003eOprah's Book Club Book of the Month.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e'\u003ci\u003eJohn of John\u003c\/i\u003e has the emotional range and sense of sympathy of his earlier books, but this book is special, it has an urgency, an immediacy, a brilliant sense of place, the drama of fierce emotion repressed, concealed and volcanically exposed' \u003cb\u003e- Colm Tóibín\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e'To read \u003ci\u003eJohn of John\u003c\/i\u003e is to move to the Isle of Harris and take up residence in the family croft. The novel is so immersive, so all-encompassing, that I felt like I was living in it. Douglas Stuart has written something brilliant and rare' \u003cb\u003e- Ann Patchett\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn of John\u003c\/i\u003e is the heartbreaking story of a young man's return home and how the bonds of family life are torn by the weight of expectation. It confirms Douglas Stuart as one of the great British writers at work today.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--------\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Info\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eDouglas Stuart was born and raised in Glasgow. After graduating from the Royal College of Art, he moved to New York, where he began a career in fashion design. \u003ci\u003eShuggie Bain\u003c\/i\u003e, his first novel, won the Booker Prize and both 'Debut of the Year' and 'Book of the Year' at the British Book Awards. It was also shortlisted for the US National Book Award for Fiction, among many other awards. His second novel, \u003ci\u003eYoung Mungo, wa\u003c\/i\u003es a number one Sunday Times Bestseller. His short stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e and his essay on gender, anxiety and class was published by Lit Hub.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"booxies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49714971476135,"sku":null,"price":44.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0507\/1523\/0375\/files\/johnofjohn.jpg?v=1778554320","url":"https:\/\/booxies.com\/en-nz\/products\/john-of-john","provider":"booxies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}