Death of Sweet Mister

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