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bookjockeybeth's review against another edition
4.0
ARC supplied by publisher via Edelweiss
Offutt does not waste words or spare feelings, including his own, when he crafting this memoir. One of the few writers that tells a story about themselves that I'm never ready to finish.
Offutt does not waste words or spare feelings, including his own, when he crafting this memoir. One of the few writers that tells a story about themselves that I'm never ready to finish.
balletbookworm's review against another edition
4.0
Chris Offutt has some commitment, yo. I don't know if I would have been able to go through his inheritance, 1800 pounds of porn (he dad was a prolific writer and collector). But he was trying to understand his dad, so in that case you make the commitment. (TW, he describes some the porn for examples and they are extreme fantasies)
dave_white's review against another edition
4.0
Chris Offutt recalls his childhood as hidden world is revealed in a collection of letters, manuscripts and comics left behind after his father passed away.
It is hard to rate non-fiction books like this. You find experiences mirrored to yours and see things from a different perspective. Revelations might be approached, feelings unearthed.
It is hard to rate non-fiction books like this. You find experiences mirrored to yours and see things from a different perspective. Revelations might be approached, feelings unearthed.
moonshake's review against another edition
1.0
I just could not like this book. There was no way to read this besides with a monotone voice in the back of my head that sounded like the tail end of a sigh. The pacing. The lack of structure. The fact that every person besides His Father has the same sad delivery. The best and most curious parts highlighted the working life of Andrew Offutt. Those came far too late. Bad conclusion. What happened. 2016 what happened. What did I do.
nachtfalke's review against another edition
5.0
I read this one shortly after my own father died, and I had always been a fan of Andrew - for his fantasy stuff. So, this one was going to be personal - and it turned out to be exactly that. Not sure how I would have looked at the book under other circumstances, but reading it gave me something that I apparently couldn't find anywhere else.
missamandamae's review against another edition
In interesting take on the father/son relationship of the memoirist and his writer father. In some ways reminded me of the father in Bechdel's Fun Home. Maybe not to everyone's tastes due to the obvious title, but I found the dissection of the writer's process and the way the father handled (or didn't handle) his brush with fame a fascinating read nonetheless.
tbim's review against another edition
5.0
Wonderful memoir. Falls under the heading of "Don't judge a book by its title”. The fact that both Harlan Ellison and James Salter make appearances made it that much more fun for me.