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A Lie about My Father

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Presents a story 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. The author's honesty, thinking and images of beauty and fracture combine to create a moving memoir of two lost men: a father and his child.

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A Lie about My Father, John Burnside

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2006
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Language
English
Publisher
Jonathan Cape
Released
2006
Format
Hardcover
Pages
323
ISBN10
0224074873
ISBN13
9780224074872
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Presents a story 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. The author's honesty, thinking and images of beauty and fracture combine to create a moving memoir of two lost men: a father and his child.