The Death of Sweet Mister by Daniel Woodrell
Set in the Missouri hill country, The Death Of Sweet Mister presents one eventful summer in the life of Shug, a friendless, overweight 13-year-old living with his mother, Glenda in the caretaker's cottage at the local cemetery. Glenda flirts incessantly, even with her son, who is becoming increasingly aware of her charms. Glenda's husband, Red (who may or may not be Shug's father), comes and goes, bringing money occasionally and strife a lot more often. This summer Red is training Shug in the family business, using the juvenile without a record to perform the burglaries that are getting too risky for Red himself. Shug's efforts to protect his mother from Red, from other admirers, and from her own rash decisions come to a head one hot summer night...
probably Woodrell's most fully realised and most intelligent character yet -- Paul Connolly * The Times *
The Death of Sweet Mister..is spot-on, a bad-trip version of the coming-of-age story that shows a real understanding of human pain and violence -- Chris Petit * The Guardian *
I can't remember coming across a more precise evocation of innocence lost since Golding's The Lord of the Flies. With The Death Of Sweet Mister, Daniel Woodrell has written his masterpiece - spare, dark, and incandescently beautiful. It broke my heart -- Dennis Lehane
The Death Of Sweet Mister triumphs in the acuity of its psychological insight into the lethal manifestations of incestuous jealousy...Woodrell is one of the most intense and accomplished practitioners since Jim Thompson * New York Times *
Daniel Woodrell's The Death Of Sweet Mister is nakedly honest, unsettling, pitch perfect, and uniquely American. Put it on the shelf alongside Faulkner, Jim Thompson, and Cormac McCarthy. With this one, Mr. Woodrell has earned himself a piece of immortality -- George P. Pelecanos
The Death of Sweet Mister..is spot-on, a bad-trip version of the coming-of-age story that shows a real understanding of human pain and violence -- Chris Petit * The Guardian *
I can't remember coming across a more precise evocation of innocence lost since Golding's The Lord of the Flies. With The Death Of Sweet Mister, Daniel Woodrell has written his masterpiece - spare, dark, and incandescently beautiful. It broke my heart -- Dennis Lehane
The Death Of Sweet Mister triumphs in the acuity of its psychological insight into the lethal manifestations of incestuous jealousy...Woodrell is one of the most intense and accomplished practitioners since Jim Thompson * New York Times *
Daniel Woodrell's The Death Of Sweet Mister is nakedly honest, unsettling, pitch perfect, and uniquely American. Put it on the shelf alongside Faulkner, Jim Thompson, and Cormac McCarthy. With this one, Mr. Woodrell has earned himself a piece of immortality -- George P. Pelecanos
Dan Woodrell comes from a long line of Ozarkers that stretch back before the Civil War. A high school dropout he joined the marine corps at 17. The military and he saw things differently. A period of post military drifting ended up at the University of Kansas and a Michener fellowship at the Iowa Writers School, where he was definitely the odd man out. He is the author of eight novels including Under the Bright Lights, Muscle for the Wing, The Ones You Do, Ride With the Devil, Woe To Live On, Give Us A Kiss, Tomato Red and The Death Of Sweet Mister. He lives in West Plains, Missouri.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781842430439 |
| ISBN 10 | 1842430432 |
| Title | The Death of Sweet Mister |
| Author | Daniel Woodrell |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bedford Square Publishers |
| Year published | 2002-02-01 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
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