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And When Did You Last See Your Father?

Already a bestseller in England, Morrison's memoir of his father's life and death is both moving and intelligent. His subject is universal: the life and death of a parent, a father at once beloved and exasperating, competent and inept, charming and infuriating, strong and terribly vulnerable. A classic of family literature.—The Spectator.

Subject
biography
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 224 pages

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