Author Douglas Stuart on fathers, sons & working-class gays in his acclaimed novel ‘John Of John’

Author Douglas Stuart on fathers, sons & working-class gays in his acclaimed novel ‘John Of John’

Image Credits: ‘John of John,’ Grove Press (left) | Image courtesy of Instagram, @douglas_stuart (right) “Are you sure you don’t like being stuck? Isn’t there a comfort in sticking?,” asks Cal, the 22-year-old protagonist of Douglas Stuart’s John Of John, his third novel following 2020’s Booker Prize-winning Shuggie Bain and its 2022 follow-up, Young Mungo. Cal has returned to his rural Scottish hometown following a wandering post-grad stint in …