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My father, the pornographer : a memoir / Chris Offutt.
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- ISBN: 1501112473
- ISBN: 9781501112478
- Physical Description: 261 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
- Edition: First Washington Square Press trade paperback edition.
- Publisher: New York : Washington Square Press, 2017.
- Copyright: ©2016
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-261). |
| Summary, etc.: | A memoir in which "writer Chris Offutt struggles to understand his recently deceased father based on his reading of the 400-plus novels [Andrew Offutt]--a well-known writer of pornography in the 1970s and 80s--left him in his will"--Publisher marketing. |
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| Genre: | Autobiographies. |
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My Father, the Pornographer : A Memoir
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From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.
In his third memoir, Offutt (No Heroes: A Memoir on Coming Home, 2002) turns his perceptive eye on his erratic father, an insurance salesman who became a successful erotic novelist. After Andrew Offutt's death, Chris returned to his childhood home in Kentucky to sort through his father's possessions, a task his siblings rejected. Bitter and prone to fits of rage, Andrew forbade his children from entering his home office, where Chris now attempts to organize fan gifts, sci-fi paraphernalia, medieval weapons, and 1,800 pounds of his father's pornographic and increasingly violent fiction. Originally a side project meant to cover the cost of Chris' dental care, Andrew's passion for writing porn led to more than 400 publications, many typed by his wife and released under various pseudonyms. As Chris unravels the mysteries of the man who baffled and terrified him, he reflects on his childhood escapes in literature and nature, his writerly ambitions, and his role as a father. The result is a heartbreaking tale about identity, overcoming fear, and forgiving someone more committed to his craft than his family.--Fullmer, Jonathan Copyright 2016 Booklist
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