Title: The death of sweet mister
First published: 2001
Description: "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."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Fiction, Boys, Problem families, Poor families, Fiction, general, Dysfunctional families, Rural poor, Fiction, family life, Ozark mountains region, fiction, New York Times reviewed, Fiction, family life, general
Places: Ozark Mountains
LC classification: PS3573.O6263 D4 2001