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A moving, unforgettable memoir of two lost men: a father and his child. He had his final heart attack in the Silver Band Club in Corby, somewhere between the bar and the cigarette machine.
A foundling; a fantasist; a morose, threatening drinker who was quick with his hands, he hadn't seen his son for years.
John Burnside's extraordinary story of this failed relationship is a beautifully written evocation of a lost and damaged world of childhood and the constants of his father's world: men defined by the drink they could take and the pain they could stand, men shaped by their guilt and machismo. A Lie About My Father is about forgiving but not forgetting, about examining the way men are made and how they fall apart, about understanding that in order to have a good son you must have a good father. Saltire Scottish Book of the Year and the Scottish Arts Council Non-Fiction Book of the Year.
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Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:336 pages
- Publisher:Vintage Publishing
- Publication Date:01/03/2007
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- ISBN:9780099479536
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Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:336 pages
- Publisher:Vintage Publishing
- Publication Date:01/03/2007
- Category:
- ISBN:9780099479536
