When novelist Douglas Stuart writes about his home city and its people, he wants his reader to feel immersed in working-class Glasgow. His 2020 book “Shuggie Bain,” about a boy dealing with his mother ...

“Growing up on a council housing estate, where all the houses are designed to be identical, your fathers are all working in unionized jobs, you are one of many. So you should be proud, but you should ...

The autobiographical novel, about the lonely gay son of an alcoholic mother in 1980s Scotland, was one of four debut books in this year’s shortlist. By Alexandra Alter [The Best Books of 2020: View ...