Nick Flynn
Another Bullshit Night in Suck City
A Memoir
With a new postscript
"A stunningly beautiful new memoir . . .
a near-perfect work of literature."
—Stephen Elliot, San Francisco Chronicle
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.
"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
"Readers of memoirists Frank Conroy and Tobias
Wolff will relish Flynn's pungent account of two rudderless
souls who navigate their way back into each
other's lives."—Allison Block, Booklist
"A potent, distinctive autobiography. . . . Flynn's
talents are considerable—he has a compelling voice
and a wry sense of humor."—Vendela Vida, New York
Times Book Review
NICK FLYNN is the award-winning author
of Some Ether and Blind Huber. He teaches at
the University of Houston.
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