My Father and Myself

By J.R. Ackerley

Book Overview

J.R. Ackerley's father was the Banana King, a successful importer of fruit and a bluff, hearty fellow -- qualities little appreciated by his refined and literary son. On his death, however, he left a letter revealing that his life of respectable prosperity was a facade. Thus began what for Ackerley was an ongoing quest to comprehend a father who remained always just beyond his reach. My Father and Myself, described by its author as an "examining and self-examining book", was published only after Ackerley's own death. It was immediately recognized as a classic account, on the order of Edmund Gosse's Father and Son, of the relationships between parent and child.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671656759
• ISBN13: 9780671656751
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Poseidon Pr
• Length: 219 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.