{"product_id":"a-lie-about-my-father","title":"A Lie About My Father","description":"John Burnside recalls the failed relationship with his father, in the first of his trilogy of exquisite memoirs - with a new introduction by Megan Nolan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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","brand":"John Burnside","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43515923365949,"sku":null,"price":25.64,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/9781529962888.jpg?v=1787556368","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/a-lie-about-my-father","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}