Another Bullshit Night in Suck City: A Memoir
Nick Flynn
(Author)
Description
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.
Product Details
Price
$17.95
$16.69
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Publish Date
September 17, 2005
Pages
376
Dimensions
5.52 X 8.22 X 0.92 inches | 0.74 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780393329407
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About the Author
NICK FLYNN's work--which includes Another Bullshit Night in Suck City, winner of the PEN/Martha Albrand Award for Memoir, and the poetry collections Blind Huber and Some Ether--has been translated into thirteen languages.
Reviews
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.--Vendela Vida "New York Times Book Review"
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.--Michael Mewshaw "Washington Post"
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.--Devin Friedman "GQ"
A remarkable feat: a clear-eyed, inventive, and astonishingly honest guided tour of hell.--Elissa Schappel "Vanity Fair"
Flynn's authentic voice... holds us rapt, keeping both the tragic and the redemptive possibilities open.--Darren Reidy "Village Voice"
[Flynn's] story is eerie testimony to the potent influence of an absent parent. But Nick, a poet, is too subtle a writer to say so outright, and instead lets us draw our own conclusions with a delicate, poetic logic.--Kate Bolick "Boston Globe"
Unlike the pity parties that too many memoirs have become, Night has no maudlin gestures, no 'inspirational' tones, no hysterics; it stares down emptiness with clear, dry eyes.--Troy Patterson "Entertainment Weekly"
Told with energy, critical reflection and sensitivity, Another Bullshit Night in Suck City is less a memoir than a study of one of America's darker conundrums: homelessness.--Thomas Curwen "Los Angeles Times Book Review"
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.--Michael Mewshaw "Washington Post"
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.--Devin Friedman "GQ"
A remarkable feat: a clear-eyed, inventive, and astonishingly honest guided tour of hell.--Elissa Schappel "Vanity Fair"
Flynn's authentic voice... holds us rapt, keeping both the tragic and the redemptive possibilities open.--Darren Reidy "Village Voice"
[Flynn's] story is eerie testimony to the potent influence of an absent parent. But Nick, a poet, is too subtle a writer to say so outright, and instead lets us draw our own conclusions with a delicate, poetic logic.--Kate Bolick "Boston Globe"
Unlike the pity parties that too many memoirs have become, Night has no maudlin gestures, no 'inspirational' tones, no hysterics; it stares down emptiness with clear, dry eyes.--Troy Patterson "Entertainment Weekly"
Told with energy, critical reflection and sensitivity, Another Bullshit Night in Suck City is less a memoir than a study of one of America's darker conundrums: homelessness.--Thomas Curwen "Los Angeles Times Book Review"
