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NYRB CLASSICS: An adult son and acclaimed author offers a heartfelt gay memoir about uncovering his late father's secrets.
“A cross between Dickens's David Copperfield, Rousseau's Confessions, and the new pornography.” —Donald Windham, novelist and memoirist
When his father died, J. R. Ackerley was shocked to discover that he…
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1 author picked My Father And Myself as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This extraordinarily candid memoir is about the complex relationship between the author and his businessman father, both of whom had a secret life.
A self-confessed gay man, young Joe spent much of his life searching for his Ideal Friend in the twilight of homosexual London, but never admitted as much to his father. And only after the latter’s death did his son discover that for many years he had maintained a mistress and their three daughters in a house in Barnes.
The author unravels this complicated tale with impressive honesty and compassion, charting his own feelings of inadequacy, waste, and…
From Jonathan's list on The best books about a father by his son or daughter.
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