The Death of Sweet Mister

reviewed by Steve Harris

Originally published on August 1, 2001

At a late point in Daniel Woodrell’s new novel The Death of Sweet Mister, Shug, an overweight, 13 year old boy, finds his father’s blood-filled boot in the sink. He knows his father is dead, and he immediately begins to clean up signs of the fight. After the broken dishes are swept up, blood scrubbed [...]