A Lie about My Father

by John Burnside

Book Overview

My father told lies all his life and, because I knew no better, I repeated them. Lies about everything, great and small, were the very fabric of my world.

The lie in the title of astonishing memoir Lie About My Father is born of shame. Traveling around upstate New York in the nineties, John Burnside can't bear to share the truth about his father during a casual conversation with a hitchhiker. He covers his uneasiness...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1555974678
• ISBN13: 9781555974671
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: Graywolf Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 8.9"