ISBN: 9781429918732

For the first time, Michael Frayn, the master of what is seriously funny,* turns his humor and narrative genius on his own family's story, to re-create the world that made him who he is W… More...

For the first time, Michael Frayn, the master of what is seriously funny,* turns his humor and narrative genius on his own family's story, to re-create the world that made him who he is Whether he is deliriously funny or philosophically profound, as a novelist and a playwright Michael Frayn has concerned himself with the ordinary life lived by erring humans, which is always more extraordinary than people think. In My Father's Fortune, Frayn reveals the original exemplar of the extraordinary-ordinary life: his father, Tom Frayn.A clever lad, a roofing salesman with a winning smile and a racetrack vocabulary, Tom Frayn emerged undaunted from a childhood spent in two rooms with six other people, all of them deaf. And undaunted he stayed, through German rockets, feckless in-laws, and his own increasing deafness; through the setback of a son as bafflingly slow-witted as the father was quick on his feet; through the shockingly sudden tragedy that darkened his life. Tom Frayn left his son little more than three watches and two ink-and-wash prints. But the true fortune he passed on was the great humor and spirit revealed in this beguiling memoir.* Anthony Burgess Digital Content>E-books>Biography>Memoir Other>Memoir Other, Holt, Henry & Company, Inc. Digital >16<

ISBN: 9781429918732

For the first time Michael Frayn the "master of what is seriously funny "* turns his humor and narrative genius on his own family's story to re-create the world that made him… More...

For the first time Michael Frayn the "master of what is seriously funny "* turns his humor and narrative genius on his own family's story to re-create the world that made him who he is Whether he is deliriously funny or philosophically profound as a novelist and a playwright Michael Frayn has concerned himself with the ordinary life lived by erring humans which is always more extraordinary than people think. In My Father's Fortune Frayn reveals the original exemplar of the extraordinary-ordinary life: his father Tom Frayn. A clever lad a roofing salesman with a winning smile and a racetrack vocabulary Tom Frayn emerged undaunted from a childhood spent in two rooms with six other people all of them deaf. And undaunted he stayed through German rockets feckless in-laws and his own increasing deafness; through the setback of a son as bafflingly slow-witted as the father was quick on his feet; through the shockingly sudden tragedy that darkened his life. Tom Frayn left his son little more than three watches and two ink-and-wash prints. But the true fortune he passed on was the great humor and spirit revealed in this beguiling memoir. * Anthony Burgess eBook<

ISBN: 9781429918732

Winner of the PEN/Ackerley PrizeAward-winning playwright and novelist Michael Frayn "makes the family memoir his own" (The Daily Telegraph) as he tells the story of his father, Tom Frayn.… More...

Winner of the PEN/Ackerley PrizeAward-winning playwright and novelist Michael Frayn "makes the family memoir his own" (The Daily Telegraph) as he tells the story of his father, Tom Frayn. A clever lad, an asbestos salesman with a winning smile and a racetrack vocabulary, Tom Frayn emerged undaunted from a childhood spent in two rooms with six other people, all of them deaf. And undaunted he stayed, through German rockets, feckless in-laws, and his own increasing deafness; through the setback of a son as bafflingly slow-witted as the father was quick on his feet; through the shockingly sudden tragedy that darkened his life. As Peter Kemp wrote in The Sunday Times (London), "Frayn has never written with more searching brilliance than in his quest for his past." EBooks Books ~~ Biography & Autobiography~~ Personal Memoirs My-Fathers-Fortune~~Michael-Frayn Holt, Henry & Company, Inc.<

ISBN: 9781429918732

My Father's Fortune: A Life My-Fathers-Fortune~~Michael-Frayn Biography>Memoir Other>Memoir Other NOOK Book (eBook), Holt, Henry & Company, Inc.