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.Another Bullshit Night in Suck City at Faber and Faber, retrieved June 5, 2010 It was published by W. W. Norton in September 2004.
Reception 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". ANOTHER BULLSHIT NIGHT IN SUCK CITY: A Memoir, reviewed in Publishers Weekly; published June 21, 2004; retrieved November 16, 2017 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".Poor lore, by Christopher Priest, in the Guardian; published April 2, 2005; retrieved November 16, 2017
The memoir earned Flynn a 2004 award from PEN International, was shortlisted for the Prix Femina, and has been translated into fifteen languages.Profile of Nick Flynn at Blue Flower Arts Literary Speakers Agency, retrieved June 5, 2010Nick Flynn: Interview. Torture, drugs, homelessness: the maverick writer’s mind is a messy place at The Times, by Emily Stokes, January 2, 2010, retrieved June 5, 2010Another Bullshit Night in Suck City at W.W. Norton & Company
Film adaptation In 2007, Twentieth Century Fox acquired the rights to produce a movie adaptation of the memoir,'City' bright at Fox 2000, from Variety, by Nicole Laporte, January 11, 2007, retrieved June 5, 2010 Filming began in the summer of 2010 with Paul Weitz as director, and starring Robert De Niro as Jonathan and Paul Dano as Nick.Dano Joining De Niro for "Another Night in Suck City", by Scott Ross, published by NBC Chicago, January 4, 2011, retrieved March 24, 2011 The film, titled Being Flynn, was released on March 2, 2012.
In 2013, W.W. Norton published "The Reenactments", Flynn's memoir about his experiences during the making of the film adaptation.The Reenactments
References
External links Being Flynn, film trailer