This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub

Instead of telling you about Douglas Stuart’s stellar sophomore novel; the vibrant working class, religion-torn community it paints; the lyricism of Glaswegian dialogue; the big-hearted, finger-biting coming–of–age story, complete with budding queer romance and subsequent danger; instead of all this, can I just tell you how much I adore the protagonist Mungo Hamilton? That we get to know him, love him, and fretfully want the best for him? This is complicated, scary, wonderful humanity expertly distilled.