‘Shuggie Bain,’ Douglas Stuart’s Novel, Set for BBC, A24 Adaptation

“Shuggie Bain,” the Booker Prize-winning debut novel from Douglas Stuart, is ready to be tailored as a BBC drama by A24.

The e-book facilities round a mother-son relationship in Glasgow, Scotland, the place Shuggie’s mom battles alcoholism whereas dreaming of the glamorous life she was alleged to have had. Effeminate Shuggie struggles to slot in and finds himself caring for his ailing mom whereas struggling to be a “regular” boy.

“A heart-breaking story of pleasure, sexuality, habit, and love, ‘Shuggie Bain’ is impressed by Douglas Stuart’s personal childhood in Thatcher-years Glasgow and is a robust portrayal of a working-class household with a vital story to inform,” reads the logline.

Stuart will adapt “Shuggie Bain” himself with A24 and BBC drama commissioning editor Gaynor Holmes exec producing. A24 will produce and rep world gross sales.

The drama is ready to shoot in Scotland with additional particulars together with solid to be introduced at a later date.

Stuart mentioned: “I’m deeply grateful to the BBC and A24 for his or her perception in ‘Shuggie Bain.’ I’m thrilled to deliver the Bain household to the display screen and the chance to develop on my novel and to deliver new threads to the story, exploring hardships and struggles in addition to the compassion, humour, and resilience that’s so central to the Scottish spirit.”

Holmes added: “’Shuggie Bain’ is a unprecedented novel, with all of the makings of extraordinary tv. It’s an actual honour to be working with the immensely gifted Douglas Stuart to deliver his imaginative and prescient to the BBC.”

Whereas A24 and BBC have an extended historical past of working collectively the collection is among the first co-productions between A24 and BBC to be unveiled since BBC drama director Piers Wenger revealed he was leaping ship to A24 earlier this yr. BBC director of movie Rose Garnett additionally moved over on the identical time.