John of John steampunk or an ally

or an ally

Although nonbinary people are finally managing to achieve some recognition

the novel provoked a furore on first publication in 1928 for its lesbian heroine and led to a notorious legal trial for obscenity

and what we might learn from them

Larissa Pham

John of John steampunk or an allyFrom Douglas Stuart, Booker prize winning author of Shuggie Bain and Young Mungo comes a stunning new novel, John of John. Set in the Isle of Harris, John of John is a tender and devastating story of love and religion, of a father and son, art and landscape, and the corrosive effects of living a secret life. It confirms Douglas Stuart as one of Britains greatest contemporary novelists.