{"product_id":"john-of-john-9781035086955","title":"John of John","description":"\u003cp data-bb-audio=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eListen while you read.\u003c\/strong\u003e The audiobook is on Libro.fm, and part of every sale comes back to our shop. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bb-listen.thomasjohnjunk.workers.dev\/a\/9781035086955?s=product\"\u003eGet the audiobook\u003c\/a\u003e, and it opens the edition sold in your country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOut of money and with little to show for his art school education, John-Calum Macleod takes the ferry home to the island of Harris to find that not much has changed except for him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the windswept croft where he grew up, Cal resumes his old life, caught between the two poles of his childhood: his father John, a sheep farmer, weaver, and pillar of their local Presbyterian church, and his Glaswegian grandmother Ella, who has kept a faltering peace with her son-in-law for decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile Cal wonders if any lonely men might be found on the barren hillsides of home, John is dismayed by his son's long hair and how he seems unwilling to be Saved. As the seasons pass, everything is poised to change as the threads holding together the fragile community become increasingly entangled.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe new novel from the Booker Prize-winning author of Shuggie Bain and Young Mungo. 'This book is special' Colm Toibin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Douglas Stuart\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eShortlisted for the Booker Prize 2026\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 21 May 2026 by Picador.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback, 416 pages\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Douglas Stuart","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57312864928122,"sku":"9781035086955","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/4125\/files\/9781035086955.jpg?v=1790527241","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.co.uk\/products\/john-of-john-9781035086955","provider":"Belfast Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}