A Lie about My Father

by John Burnside

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My father told lies all his life and, because I knew no better, I repeated them. Lies about everything, great and small, were the very fabric of my world.

The lie in the title of astonishing memoir Lie About My Father is born of shame. Traveling around upstate New York in the nineties, John Burnside can't bear to share the truth about his father during a casual conversation with a hitchhiker. He covers his uneasiness...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1555974678

ISBN13:9781555974671

Release Date:May 2007

Publisher:Graywolf Press

Length:336 Pages

Weight:0.95 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.1" x 8.9"

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