Another Bullshit Night In Suck City - Nick Flynn

Probably because of its provocative title (which comes from Nick Flynn's father's view of living on the streets), I was expecting to be blown away by this memoir of a ne’er-do-well father meeting his estranged son in a homeless shelter in Boston, where the latter is working. It’s an incredible story without an ounce of the sentimentality I was dreading. I was left wondering what has become of Flynn’s father since ABNISC was published in 2004, but I wasn’t really drawn in the way I am with some memoirs — like The Glass Castle, for example. Flynn has a way of keeping readers at a distance, which really makes sense, considering his life, so perhaps I’m being too finicky. A movie is being made of ABNISC starring Robert De Niro and Paul Dano. I have plans to see how the Flynns’ story is translated to the screen.