![]() 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. ![]() 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. Daniel Woodrell The Bayou Trilogy: Under the Bright Lights, Muscle for the Wing, and The Ones You Do The Death of Sweet Mister: A Novel Tomato Red: A Novel. Then along comes Jimmy Vin Pearce with his shiny green T-bird and his smart city clothes. The three tentatively coexist in a ramshackle house situated in a "boneyard" in a rough-hewn Ozark town. Listen to The Death of Sweet Mister A Novel by Daniel Woodrell available from Rakuten Kobo. A person would hope they never have the same experiences. The events of Shrugs adolescence in the 1960s were remarkable. I tried not to stare but couldnt help myself. The best comparison is trying not to gape at an accident. His putative father, Red, a brutal man with a short fuse, mocks and despises the boy. 'The Death of Sweet Mister' was a dark tale that drew me in from the start. His distracted, frequently tipsy mother, Glenda, turns a blind eye to the effect her sexually provocative teasing has on him. ![]() But not even he can fully comprehend the nature of the forces working against him. Daniel Woodrell delivers his most powerful work to date in The Death of Sweet Mister.Īn overweight, lonely thirteen-year-old, Shuggie Akins is shrewdly observant. ![]()
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