{"product_id":"9781529962888-a-lie-about-my-father","title":"A Lie About My Father","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Burnside recalls the failed relationship with his father, in the first of his trilogy of exquisite memoirs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith a new introduction by Megan Nolan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A master of language’ Hilary Mantel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohn Burnside’s extraordinary story of this failed relationship is a beautifully written evocation of a lost and damaged world of childhood and the constants of his father’s world: men defined by the drink they could take and the pain they could stand, men shaped by their guilt and machismo.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Lie About My Father\u003c\/i\u003e is about forgiving but not forgetting, about examining the way men are made and how they fall apart, and about understanding that in order to have a good son you must have a good father.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Memoir this good illuminates something larger than itself. It is an exercise in understanding, compassion and forgiveness’ \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSaltire Scottish Book of the Year and the Scottish Arts Council Non-Fiction Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55125726888310,"sku":"9781529962888","price":9.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_34485051_b674b3a8-6f45-4f94-a80c-8d25aa9f0524.jpg?v=1747973837","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529962888-a-lie-about-my-father","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}