Another Bullshit Night in Suck City
"A stunningly beautiful new memoir . . . a near-perfect work of literature." —Stephen Elliot, San Francisco ChronicleNick Flynn met his father when he was working as a caseworker in a homeless shelter in Boston. As a teenager he'd received letters from this stranger father, a self-proclaimed poet...
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"A stunningly beautiful new memoir . . . a near-perfect work of literature." —Stephen Elliot, San Francisco ChronicleNick Flynn met his father when he was working as a caseworker in a homeless shelter in Boston. As a teenager he'd received letters from this stranger father, a self-proclaimed poet and con man doing time in federal prison for bank robbery. Another Bullshit Night in Suck City tells the story of the trajectory that led Nick and his father onto the streets, into that shelter, and finally to each other.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780393329407 (0393329402)
ASIN: 393329402
Publish date: September 12th 2005
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Pages no: 347
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
Literature,
Book Club,
Family,
Biography Memoir,
Poetry,
Mental Health,
Mental Illness
Good, effective memoir/story of the author's father's struggle with homelessness and alcohol and drug use. Very well-written and compelling. A good read.
Despite the important topic here (homelessness and poverty in America), the book was lacking in impact for me. I found it a struggle to get through, not because it was too strong or too upsetting, but because I never found a way in. It felt as self-important as "A Staggering Work of Heartbreaking ...
Being FlynnbyNick FlynnI guess they couldn't call the movie'Another Bulls**t Night in Suck City' the original title of this darkly funny and poetic memoir.Nick Flynn met his father when he was working as a caseworker in a homeless shelter in Boston. “…some part of me knew he would show up, that if I...
Being FlynnbyNick FlynnI guess they couldn't call the movie'Another Bulls**t Night in Suck City' the original title of this darkly funny and poetic memoir.Nick Flynn met his father when he was working as a caseworker in a homeless shelter in Boston. “…some part of me knew he would show up, that if I...
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