Another Bullshit Night in Suck City
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| Author | Nick Flynn |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Memoir |
| Published | September 2004 |
| Publisher | Norton |
| Publication place | United States |
| Awards | 2004 award from PEN International and shortlisted for the Prix Femina |
Another Bullshit Night in Suck City is a memoir by playwright and poet Nick Flynn, describing Flynn's reunion with his estranged father, Jonathan, an alcoholic resident of the homeless shelter where Nick was a social worker in the late 1980s. The title refers to Jonathan's description of homeless life in Boston.[1] It was published by W. W. Norton in September 2004.
Publishers Weekly described it as "biting", and noted that "(a)lthough (the book is) depressing", it is not "hopeless", because Flynn — unlike his father — was able to "write well".[2] At the Guardian, Christopher Priest commended Flynn for the book's "impressionistic, fragmentary" style that "actually seems to capture the banal, confusing mind of a homeless drunkard", but said that despite Flynn's skill, its subject "remains banal, depressing and sordid".[3]
The memoir earned Flynn a 2004 award from PEN International, was shortlisted for the Prix Femina, and has been translated into fifteen languages.[4][5][6]