The Death of Sweet Mister
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The Death of Sweet Mister by Daniel Woodrell
Shug Akins is a lonely, overweight thirteen-year-old boy. His mother, Glenda, is the one person who loves him -- she calls him Sweet Mister and attempts to boost his confidence and give him hope for his future. Shuggie's purported father, Red, is a brutal man with a short fuse who mocks and despises the boy. Into this small-town Ozarks mix comes Jimmy Vin Pearce, with his shiny green T-bird and his smart city clothes. When he and Glenda begin a torrid affair, a series of violent events is inevitably set in motion. The outcome will break your heart.
"This is Daniel Woodrell's third book set in the Ozarks and, like the other two, Give Us a Kiss and Tomato Red, it peels back the layers from lives already made bare by poverty and petty crime."-Otto Penzler, Penzler Pick, 2001
"This is Daniel Woodrell's third book set in the Ozarks and, like the other two, Give Us a Kiss and Tomato Red, it peels back the layers from lives already made bare by poverty and petty crime."-Otto Penzler, Penzler Pick, 2001
Daniel Woodrell resides near the Arkansas state line in the Missouri Ozarks. His five most recent novels were named Notable Books of the Year by the New York Times, and Tomato Red earned the PEN West Prize for Novel. Woe to Live On was turned into a big feature picture by Ang Lee in 1999 as Ride with the Devil, starring Tobey Maguire and Skeet Ulrich, and Winter's Bone was accepted into the Sundance Film Festival's American dramatic competition category in 2010.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780316206143 |
| ISBN 10 | 0316206148 |
| Title | The Death of Sweet Mister |
| Author | Daniel Woodrell |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown & Company |
| Year published | 2012-04-24 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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