Young MungoThe extraordinary, powerful second novel from the Booker prizewinning author of Shuggie Bain, Young Mungo is both a vivid portrayal of working class life and the deeply moving story of the dangerous first love of two young men: Mungo and James. Born under different stars, Protestant Mungo and Catholic James live in a hyper masculine world. They are caught between two of Glasgows housing estates where young working class men divide themselves along

Robin Pagham is dead - drowned in a sailing accident

and tribes divided by language and culture

little do they know that Kady Grant and the Hypatia are headed right toward Heimdall

they and their mother are sold: Romulus to gladiator school

turns up out of the blue

But the corpse is that of a much-respected member of the British establishment

insisting he investigate a murder in Madrid

ve is a senior nurse

and fight territorial battles for the sake of reputation

She eventually tracks Flavia to an Egyptian cult in the hills

in London's Epping Forest

with hitmen