The Englishman by Douglas StuartMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
"The Englishman" by Douglas Stuart, 2020
Coming off just reading Shuggie Bain, I found myself wanting more. Young Mongo is still off on the horizon at the time of writing this review, but luckily I found "The Englishman," a short story published in the New Yorker.
There were enough similar elements from "Shuggie Bain" that it was easy enough to imagine "The Englishman" is a story about Shuggie in his collegiate years. In the story, William the Englishman and "Casper" (the pet name for William's object of desire) went to the theater to watch a play about two inner-city boys finding their first love. Could that play be called "Young Mongo?". Yeah, that might be a leap or a little meta, but hey, don't knock me for imagining.
I liked the story just like I like my lemons, acidy sour, yet somehow sweet.
I rate it a 4 out of 5.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/09/14/the-englishman
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