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Item Details
Title:
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NOT MY FATHER'S SON
A FAMILY MEMOIR |
By: |
Alan Cumming |
Format: |
Electronic book text |
List price:
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£8.49 |
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ISBN 10: |
1782115455 |
ISBN 13: |
9781782115458 |
Publisher: |
CANONGATE BOOKS LTD |
Pub. date: |
30 October, 2014 |
Edition: |
Main |
Pages: |
304 |
Description: |
Alan Cumming's compelling and moving memoir about his childhood and a thrilling family mystery.WINNER OF THE SLIGHTLY FOXED BEST FIRST BIOGRAPHY PRIZE |
Synopsis: |
'One of the most memorable, heart-stopping autobiographies I have ever read' STEPHEN FRYWINNER OF THE SLIGHTLY FOXED BEST FIRST BIOGRAPHY PRIZE THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERATTITUDE MAGAZINE'S BOOK OF THE YEARA beloved star of stage and screen, Alan Cumming's life and career have been shaped by a complex and dark family past - full of troubled memories, kept buried away. But then an unexpected phone call from his long-estranged father brought the pain of the past hurtling back into the present, and unravelled everything he thought he knew about himself. Not My Father's Son is the story of his journey of discovery, both a memoir of his childhood in Scotland, and an investigation into his family history which would change him forever.'Equal parts memoir, whodunnit and manual for living . . . beautifully written, honest . . . I was completely sucked in' NEIL GAIMAN |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Canongate Books Ltd |
Prizes: |
Winner of Attitude Magazine's Book of the Year (UK).
Short-listed for The Biographers' Club Slightly Foxed Best First Biography |
Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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