Nick 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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CONTRIBUTORS: Nick Flynn
EAN: 9780393329407
COUNTRY: United States
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WEIGHT: 339 g
HEIGHT: 208 cm
PUBLISHED BY: WW Norton & Co
DATE PUBLISHED: 2005-09-20
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GENRE: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures
WIDTH: 142 cm
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Book Themes:
United States of America, USA, English, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Biography: writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: poetry and poets
"Flynn has written a potent, distinctive autobiography.... Flynn's talents are considerable—he has a compelling voice and wry sense of humor, especially about himself.", "The prose swirls in graceful arcs that frequently rise to the level of poetry, leavened by mordant humor.... It's a powerful tale, stylishly told.", "In a perverse act of divine intervention, a life worth writing about was bestowed on a man actually able to write—in startling, beautiful, unsentimental prose.... It is crammed with beauty and wisdom, and everyone will love it.", "A remarkable feat: a clear-eyed, inventive, and astonishingly honest guided tour of hell.", "Flynn's authentic voice... holds us rapt, keeping both the tragic and the redemptive possibilities open."
Nick Flynn is the author of This Is the Night Our House Will Catch Fire and three previous memoirs, including the PEN/Joyce Osterweil Award–winning Another Bullshit Night in Suck City, and four volumes of poetry. A professor on the creative writing faculty at the University of Houston, he lives in Brooklyn, New York.
