Scottish novelist Douglas Stuart on the isolation of secret-keeping
Douglas Stewart, a Scottish author and former fashion designer, discusses his new novel John of John, which explores the hidden lives of a gay father and son in a conservative Hebridean community, mirroring his own experiences growing up in a working-class, religious, and alcoholic househ
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