John of John

The stunning new novel from the Booker Prize-winning, Sunday Times-bestselling author of SHUGGIE BAIN and YOUNG MUNGO.SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2026SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR FICTIONAN OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK'You finish the novel feeling emotionally enriched and slightly bereft at leaving its characters behind' - The Sunday Times'This book is special' - Colm Toibin'Passionate, liberating, and gorgeous' - Min Jin Lee'Brilliant and rare' - Ann Patchett'A masterpiece' - Elaine Feeney'A fierce, glorious sting of a novel' - Lauren GroffOut 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. In 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