A review by sdbecque
My Father, the Pornographer by Chris Offutt

4.0

I know this got some great reviews, but honestly I'm not really quite sure what motivated me to pick it up from the library. I think it's because I was on hold for some other things, and I needed something to fill the gap. I'm not familiar with Chris Offset's other work, but man is this a whopper. This isn't a memoir about someone's father who happened to write porn, but was also a nice guy and a family man, this is about a guy who was something of a tyrant, who also sustained another world through porn and writing, a world that Chris now tries to understand. Anyway, I really recommend it, it's written like a punch to the gut, a searing examination of family and childhood, and well worth your time.