Shug is a friendless, over-weight 13-year-old living with his mother, Glenda and her husband, Red. While Glenda flirts incessantly with everyone, including her own son, Red is training Shug in the family business, using him to perform the burglaries that are getting too risky for Red himself. Shug's efforts to protect his mother from Red, her other admirers and her own rash decisions come to a head one hot summer night. 'A dark, disturbing beauty of a story... Woodrell throws down sentences that will leave you amazed' - Charles Frazier
About the book
Shug is a friendless, over-weight 13-year-old living with his mother, Glenda and her husband, Red. While Glenda flirts incessantly with everyone, including her own son, Red is training Shug in the family business, using him to perform the burglaries that are getting too risky for Red himself. Shug's efforts to protect his mother from Red, her other admirers and her own rash decisions come to a head one hot summer night. 'A dark, disturbing beauty of a story... Woodrell throws down sentences that will leave you amazed' - Charles Frazier