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Michael Frayn - My Father's Fortune: A Life
Released: 02/09/2010
Faber and Faber
British institution Michael Frayn revisits his childhood and finds it transformed almost beyond recognition by his adult perspective. Taking centre stage in this narrative of rediscovery is his father, whose determination to wring every drop out of life, despite its difficult start and many tragedies, throws fresh light on Frayn's own existence.
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Guardian“At once genuinely delving, yet decently guarded...” It's often very funny, always very interesting, and soaked in a wistful sort of melancholy that sometimes deepens into a compelling sadness...
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The Independent“Forever alert to the inner processes of art and mind...” This keen self-awareness never compromises the deep poignancy – and the rich comedy - of the story he has to tell. Here, as always, that's part of the trick of it for Frayn...
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Financial Times“A profoundly affecting study of family myths and legends...” Stars a group of people who, for all their relish of the familial hearth, made a point of concealing vast acreages of their lives behind a cloud of obfuscation. I realised that they reminded me of my own family...
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The Telegraph“This marvellous book...” This is a very English story told in a very English way, without fireworks but with deep feeling...
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