The Death of Sweet Mister Author:Daniel Woodrell Daniel Woodrell delivers his most powerful work to date in The Death of Sweet Mister. — An overweight, lonely thirteen-year-old, Shuggie Akins is shrewdly observant. But not even he can fully comprehend the nature of the forces working against him. His distracted, frequently tipsy mother, Glenda, turns a blind eye to the effect her sexua... more »lly provocative teasing has on him. His putative father, Red, a brutal man with a short fuse, mocks and despises the boy. The three tentatively coexist in a ramshackle house situated in a "boneyard" in a rough-hewn Ozark town. Then along comes Jimmy Vin Pearce with his shiny green T-bird and his smart city clothes. Soon he and Glenda are engaged in a torrid affair setting in motion a series of events that are violent, shocking, and totally unpredictable-yet irredeemably inevitable.
Like Holden Caulfield and Huck Finn, Shuggie Akins tells his story of a reluctant descent into the world of adults in this unforgettable and ultimately moving novel.
"Wonderful...noir at its darkest, and affecting, and utterly convincing." (The Washington Post Book World)« less
This book was very good up until the end. It's disgusting. I'm throwing it away so no one can read my copy. It is explicit in details about mother son incest. Do not recommend.