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Country United States Originally published 2004 Genre Memoir Adaptations Being Flynn (2012) | 3.8/5 Goodreads Language English Publisher W. W. Norton & Company | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Awards PEN/Martha Albrand Award for the Art of the Memoir Similar Nick Flynn books, Memoirs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nick flynn reading excerpt from another bullshit night in suck city
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. It was published by W. W. Norton in September 2004.
Contents
- Nick flynn reading excerpt from another bullshit night in suck city
- Film adaptation
- In popular culture
- References
The memoir earned Flynn a 2004 award from PEN International, was shortlisted for the Prix Femina, and has been translated into thirteen languages.
Film adaptation
In 2007, Twentieth Century Fox acquired the rights to produce a movie adaptation of the memoir, Filming began in the summer of 2010 with Paul Weitz as director, and starring Robert De Niro as Jonathan and Paul Dano as Nick. 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.
In popular culture
In the 2014 movie 5 to 7, the main character is seen buying a copy of Another Bullshit Night in Suck City at the bookshop.