My Father and Myself by J R Ackerley
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 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 20th-century memoir.
J.R.Ackerley was born in Herne Hill, Kent, in 1896 and attended Rossall School and Cambridge's Magdalene College. He met E.M. in 1922. A deep friendship evolved between Forster and the two. Ackerley moved for India in 1923 to work as a Private Secretary to the Marharajah of Chhokrapur, which culminated in Hindoo Holiday, thanks to Forster's influence. He also worked for the BBC as an assistant producer and then as the Listener's literary editor.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780940322127 |
| ISBN 10 | 0940322129 |
| Title | My Father and Myself |
| Author | J R Ackerley |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | The New York Review of Books, Inc |
| Year published | 1999-09-30 |
| Number of pages | 280 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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