John of John : a novel / Douglas Stuart.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stuart, Douglas, 1976- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scotland--Rural conditions--Fiction.

Scotland.

Homecoming--Fiction.

Homecoming.

Fathers and sons--Fiction.

Fathers and sons.

Sheep ranchers--Fiction.

Sheep ranchers.

Gay men--Fiction.

Gay men.

Presbyterians--Fiction.

Presbyterians.

Secrecy--Fiction.

Secrecy.

Genre:

Domestic fiction.

Gay fiction.

Psychological fiction.

Fiction.

Novels.

Gay fiction

LGBTQ+ fiction.

Physical Description:

403 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Grove Press, an imprint of Grove Atlantic, 2026.

Summary:

"Out of money and with little to show for his art school education, John-Calum Macleod takes the ferry back home to the Isle of Harris to find that little has changed except for him. He returns to the windswept croft and the two pillars of his childhood: his father John, a sheep farmer, tweed weaver, and lay preacher in the local Presbyterian church, and his maternal grandmother Ella, a profanity-loving Glaswegian whose steady warmth helped Cal weather the sudden departure of his mother. Cal privately wonders if any lonely men might be found on the barren hillsides of home, while John is dismayed by his son's long hair, strange clothes, and seeming unwillingness to be Saved. But Cal isn't the only one in the croft house who is keeping secrets. As lambing season turns to shearing season, the threads holding the community together become increasingly frayed, and nothing will remain as it was before." Front book flap.

Notes:

"Oprah's book club 2026" -- cover.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Green fund bookplate.

Other Format:

Online version Stuart, Douglas, 1976- John of John

ISBN:

9780802167194

0802167195

OCLC:

1521897765