My father and myself
By: J.R. Ackerley ; introduction by W.H. Auden.
Publisher: New York Review Books
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 283
Subjects: Ackerley, J.R. 1896-1967; Gay men -- Great Britain -- Family relationships; Fathers and sons -- Great Britain; Authors, English -- 20th century -- Family relationships
Description: Ackerly, a British author and editor, recounts his investigation of his father' secret life and his own homosexuality.

Ackerley's father was a successful importer and a bluff, hearty fellow-- qualities that, in his lifetime, were little appreciated by his gay and literary son. On his death, however, he left a letter revealing that his life of respectable prosperity was a fac̜ade. Thus began what for Ackerley was an ongoing quest to comprehend a father who remained always just beyond his reach.
Notes: Originally published: London : Bodley Head, 1968.