Lie about My Father

by John Burnside

Book Overview

A moving, unforgettable memoir of two lost men: a father and his child.

He had his final heart attack in the Silver Band Club in Corby, somewhere between the bar and the cigarette machine. A foundling; a fantasist; a morose, threatening drinker who was quick with his hands, he hadn't seen his son for years. John Burnside's extraordinary story of this failed relationship is a beautifully written evocation of a lost and damaged world of childhood...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0099479532
• ISBN13: 9780099479536
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Vintage Books USA
• Length: 323 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 7.8"