Douglas Stuart after winning the Booker Prize: ‘I’m having one of the best years of my career, even though I’ve not left this room’ Katie Law
“Winning the Booker Prize has changed my entire career. I’m having one of the best years of my life, even though I’ve not left this room,” says Douglas Stuart, from his sofa in New York’s East Village.
The former fashion director, 44, who wrote Shuggie Bain in his spare time over a period of ten years won the prize in November for his tender, autobiographical story set in poverty-stricken 1990s Glasgow, about a charismatic woman, Agnes, who turns to drink while bringing up her children, including her young gay son, Shuggie.