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The
2003 Award
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The Death of Sweet Mister by Daniel Woodrell
Nominated by:
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Publisher of Nominated Edition: Putnam Berkley ISBN 0399147519 |
| the complete A-Z listing of nominated authors. |
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ABOUT
THE BOOK
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| Shuggie Akins is a lonely fat boy of thirteen. His mother, Glenda, teases him with her sexual provocations. His father, Red, is a brutal man with a short fuse who mocks and despises his son. Into this mix comes Jimmy Vin Pearce with his shiny green T-bird and his smart city clothes. It isn't long before he and Glenda begin a torrid affair. What follows is violent, shocking, and totally unpredictable - except that it is totally foreordained. |
| ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
| Daniel Woodrell is the author of six previous novels. His two most recent books - set, like The Death of Sweet Mister, in the Ozarks - are Give Us a Kiss and Tomato Red, for which he received a PEN West Fiction Award in 1998. He lives in Missouri, U.S.A. |
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