Another Bullshit Night in Suck City by Nick Flynn

Upon reading a synopsis I assumed the book would follow the  "this is my dirt bag father>> I became a savior for the homeless>> I had to deal with my dirt bag father>> I am marvelous" format, and I could not be happier that this was not the case.  This book shows the beautiful horror of looking like where you come, when where you come from is your nightmare.  Per the afterward, the book is shaped as Moby-Dick, and I am still trying to decide who was the whale.