The Death of Sweet Mister: A Novel
Format: kindle
ASIN: B009BIHN8E
Publish date: April 24th 2012
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Pages no: 208
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Novels,
Literature,
American,
Literary Fiction,
Mystery,
Coming Of Age,
Sociology,
Crime,
Noir,
Southern,
Gothic,
Southern Gothic,
Abuse
3.5 starsJust as in his novel Winter's Bone, in this book author Daniel Woodrell moves beyond usual "modern noir," and into something closer to rural tragedy set in his world of the Missouri Ozark mountains. This Oedipal tale is about the relationship between young "Shug" Akins and his mother Glenda...
At first, I will admit, I was somewhat relieved to learn that Sweet Mister was a 13-year-old boy, and not a beloved pet,who was going to die. And poor Sweet Mister does die, but only figuratively.The reader watches as Sweet Mister moves from the (relative) innocence of his youth to his emergence as ...
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