{"product_id":"a-lie-about-my-father","title":"A Lie About My Father","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA moving, unforgettable memoir of two lost men: a father and his child.\u003c\/b\u003e\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, about understanding that in order to have a good son you must have a good father.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Memoir this good illuminates something larger than itself. It is an exercise in understanding, compassion and forgiveness' \u003c\/b\u003e\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","brand":"Buchserien.de","offers":[{"title":"Neuware","offer_id":53849581519186,"sku":"9780099479536","price":14.6,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0615\/7002\/3593\/files\/unnamed_2bf90c33-ba91-4910-9a31-548912e985d9.jpg?v=1782510511","url":"https:\/\/www.buchserien.de\/products\/a-lie-about-my-father","provider":"Buchserien.de","version":"1.0","type":"link"}