Five years in the writing, Young Mungo is a vivid portrayal of working-class life and a deeply moving and highly suspenseful story of the dangerous first love of two young men: Mungo and James.
Born under different stars – Mungo has been raised Protestant and James Catholic – they should be sworn enemies but instead fall in love amidst a hyper-masculine, frequently violent environment.
Imbuing the everyday world of its characters with rich lyricism, Young Mungo is a gripping and revealing story about the bounds of masculinity, the push and pull of family, and the dangers of loving someone too much.
