Stuart Murdoch

‘As memorable as it is moving.’ The Times ‘A marvellous coming of age novel.’ ROBERT FORSTER ‘His most personal work to date . . . poignant but also darkly humorous.’ Irish Times, Lauren Murphy From the West Coast of Scotland to the West Coast of America, the life-affirming debut by the Belle & Sebastian frontman. Glasgow, early 1990s, and Stephen—music-loving...

It's the early 1990s in Glasgow, and Stephen—a music-loving romantic—has emerged from a lengthy hospital stay diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome, a little-understood disease that has robbed him of any prospects of work, a social life, or independent living. Meeting fellow strugglers, who the world seems to care less and less for, they form their own support group and try...