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William Wilson
I think the author wanted us to be left uncertain. The likelihood was that Mungo would be destroyed by Hamish and life on the ‘scheme’ (housing estate), but there was always the chance that James would recover enough to cart Mungo off to Ardnamurchan, the paradise James had once discovered. There’s enough in Shuggie Bain, Young Mungo and in the author's own life story to suggest that he believes happy endings are possible, and that gay people deserve them as much as others.
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Marc
Is Mungo's change in behavior at the end a clue ? He's no longer duped by his family dynamic. Why would he invent that scene in his head? We also know Jodie saw James had been packing to go.
Greg
Same here. The end threw me for a loop completely. I just don't know.
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