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And When Did You Last See Your Father?

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title And When Did You Last See Your Father?
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Blake Morrison
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:224
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
Category/GenreBiographies: Literary
Literary essays
Literary studies - from c 1900 -
ISBN/Barcode 9781862079083
ClassificationsDewey:828.91409
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Granta Books
Imprint Granta Books
Publication Date 2 October 2006
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

First published in 1993, Blake Morrison's And When Did You Last See Your Father? is an extraordinary portrait of family life, father-son relationships and bereavement. It became a bestseller, and inspired a whole genre of confessional memoirs. This new edition includes a new afterword by the author. And When Did You Last See Your Father? won the Waterstone's/Volvo/Esquire Award for Non-Fiction and the JR Ackerley Prize for Autobiography 1993.

Author Biography

Blake Morrison is the author of several books, including As If, and his essay collection, Too True. His latest book is Things My Mother Never Told Me (Vintage/Granta US). He lives in London.

Reviews

With a new afterword by the author 'A painful, funny, frightening, moving, marvellous book... everybody should read it' Nick Hornby 'Tender, honest, angry, loyal, this extraordinary book balances the life, illness and death of a forceful father with the feelings of his independent son' The Times 'This luminous tribute to a beloved dad made me laugh until I cried and cry till my nostrils were raw. A masterpiece - one of those books that you treasure forever' Val Hennessy 'A marvellous piece of family literature. He says much about death and dying and more about life and living. Sometimes harrowing, sometimes funny, above all, unforgettably humane' Sydney Morning Herald 'A splendid book...it leaps with life' Irish Times