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My Father And Myself (Paperback, Main)
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My Father And Myself (Paperback, Main)
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Loot Price R425
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Most of this beautifully written memoir, first published in 1968,
is concerned with the emotional and sexual orientation that
underlay the respectable facade that both J R Ackerley and his
father showed to the outside world. The solid Edwardian
Paterfamilias only married the author's mother 23 years after he
was born; meanwhile he secretly maintained a mistress and three
daughters. A classic study of non-communication between the
generations, it is also a mystery story that uses the art of the
thriller to time its surprises and heighten the suspense. (Kirkus
UK)
When his father died, J. R. Ackerley was shocked to discover that
he had led a secret life. And after Ackerley himself died, he left
a surprise of his own--this coolly considered, unsparingly honest
account of his quest to find out the whole truth about the man who
had always eluded him in life. But Ackerley's pursuit of his father
is also an exploration of the self, making "My Father and Myself" a
pioneering record, at once sexually explicit and emotionally
charged, of life as a gay man. This witty, sorrowful, and beautiful
book is a classic of twentieth-century memoir.
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