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Carlo Gebler - Father And I: A Memoir - 9780349112930 - KSC0002804
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Father And I: A Memoir

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Description for Father And I: A Memoir Paperback. The autobiographical story of Carlo Gebler's troubled relationship with his father and the gradual uncovering of the mystery that shadowed his life. Num Pages: 416 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 27. Weight in Grams: 296.
The story spans nearly a hundred years. In Carlo Gebler's early childhood, his relationship with his father, Ernest, was a disaster. A man of the left, Ernest's politics had been 'hammered out in the nineteen thirties'. His early life as the son of a Jewish immigrant was spent working as a rat catcher in a cinema, snatching moments alone to educate himself, but the one with the literary talent was his second wife, Edna O'Brien - Gebler's mother - who left after Ernest claimed authorship of her work. As his father saw it, Carlo and his brother Sasha were ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
Used, Like New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780349112930
SKU
KSC0002804
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1

About Carlo Gebler
Carlo Gebler is the author of several novels and two works of non-fiction. He co-produced and directed the acclaimed BBC2 series PLAIN TALES FROM NORTHERN IRELAND and the recent A LITTLE LOCAL DIFFICULTY.

Reviews for Father And I: A Memoir
The literary world has hardly been short of writers' recollections of their parents in recent years, but they don't come much better than Carlo Gebler's account of his relationship with his father ... This is a marvellous book, beautifully capturing the bewilderment and betrayals of childhood, as well as the shifting perspectives of adulthood. At times unbearably sad, at others ... Read more

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