![]() ![]() James begins to teach Mungo about pigeons. Because he is married, they often travel to a remote caravan to have sex. Jodie maintains an affair with one of her teachers, Mr. Hamish, who lives with his girlfriend and young daughter, gives Mungo a knife with which to protect himself. Mo-Maw admits that she has found a new lover and that this has prevented her from coming home. Mungo and Jodie soon find their mother working at a snack bar. He meets James Jamieson, the 16-year-old who operates the doocot. As Mungo wanders the projects, he comes upon a doocot (a structure for housing pigeons). Several days later, Hamish visits Mungo and resolves to turn his brother into a man. The police arrive Hamish injures a policeman to aid Mungo’s escape. Hamish forces Mungo to accompany the group into a builder’s yard, where they steal and destroy equipment. As Mungo searches for Mo-Maw, he encounters his older brother, Hamish, who leads a Protestant gang. In moments of stress, Mungo develops a facial tic. His older sister, Jodie, comforts him when their alcoholic mother, Mo-Maw, disappears (their father died prior to Mungo’s birth). Mungo Hamilton is a 15-year-old boy living in a housing project in Glasgow’s East End. ![]() ![]() ![]() While the story unfolds nonlinearly, this summary presents its events in a linear order. Stuart utilizes the past tense throughout the narrative. Grove Press, 2022.ĭouglas Stuart’s novel Young Mungo is written from the third-person perspective. The following version of this book was used to create this guide: Stuart, Douglas. ![]()
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