My Father and Myself

Biography & Memoir, Literary
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Author: J. R. Ackerley ISBN: 9781590175262
Publisher: New York Review Books Publication: October 31, 2012
Imprint: NYRB Classics Language: English
Author: J. R. Ackerley
ISBN: 9781590175262
Publisher: New York Review Books
Publication: October 31, 2012
Imprint: NYRB Classics
Language: English

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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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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