Title: Father figure
First published: 1972
Description: If your previous experience with Beverly Nichols has been the books of his funny, warm and affectionate gardening trilogy (Down the Garden Path, Sunlight on the Lawn, etc), *caveat lector.*  This is a disturbingly candid account of Nichols’ monstrously destructive alcoholic father, and Nichols’ own determination to escape from a family environment that was toxic in the extreme  – and a harrowing saga of a deep and mutual hatred between father and son.
Subjects: Authors, English, Biography, English Authors, Gardeners
Places: England
People: Beverley Nichols (1899-)
Time periods: 20th century