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And When Did You Last See Your Father?
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And When Did You Last See Your Father? by Blake Morrison
First published in 1993, Blake Morrison's And When Did You Last See Your Father? is an extraordinary portrait of family life, father-son relationships and bereavement. It became a bestseller, and inspired a whole genre of confessional memoirs. This new edition includes a new afterword by the author. And When Did You Last See Your Father? won the Waterstone's/Volvo/Esquire Award for Non-Fiction and the JR Ackerley Prize for Autobiography, 1993.
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Reviews
* Film tie-in starring Colin Firth, Jim Broadbent, Juliet Stevenson. Release Autumn 2007 * 'A painful, funny, frightening, moving, marvellous book... everybody should read it
Nick Hornby
* 'Tender, honest, angry, loyal, this extraordinary book balances the life, illness and death of a forceful father with the feelings of his independent son
The Times
* 'This luminous tribute to a beloved dad made me laugh until I cried and cry till my nostrils were raw. A masterpiece - one of those books that you treasure forever
Val Hennessy
* 'A marvellous piece of family literature. He says much about death and dying and more about life and living. Sometimes harrowing, sometimes funny, above all, unforgettably humane
Sydney Morning Herald
* 'A splendid book...it leaps with life
Irish Times
About the Author
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Born in Skipton, Yorkshire, Blake Morrison is the author of bestselling memoirs, When Did You Last See Your Father? (winner of the J.R.Ackerley Prize for Autobiography and the Esquire Award for Non-Fiction) and Things My Mother Never Told Me ('the must read book of the year' - Tony Parsons), one novel and a study of the Bulger case, As If. He is also a critic, journalist, librettist and poet. He teaches Creative Writing at Goldsmiths College, and lives in South London with his family.
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Book Info
Format
Paperback
224 pages
Author
Blake Morrison
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Publisher
Granta Books
Publication
date
1st October 2007
ISBN
9781862079786
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