Not My Father's Son

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DESCRIPTION : 'One of the most memorable, heart-stopping autobiographies I have ever read' STEPHEN FRYWINNER OF THE SLIGHTLY FOXED BEST FIRST BIOGRAPHY PRIZE 2015 THE NEW YORK TIME S BESTSELLER ATTITUDE MAGAZINE'S BOOK OF THE YEARA beloved star of stage and screen, Alan Cumming's life and career have been shaped by a complex and dark family past - full of troubled memories, kept buried away. But then an unexpected phone call from his long-estranged father brought the pain of the past hurtling back into the present, and unravelled everything he thought he knew about himself. Not My Father's Son is the story of his journey of discovery, both a memoir of his childhood in Scotland, and an investigation into his family history which would change him forever.'Equal parts memoir, whodunnit and manual for living . . . beautifully written, honest . . . I was completely sucked in' NEIL GAIMAN PRODUCT DETAILS : ISBN : 9781782115465 BY (AUTHOR) Cumming, Alan PUBLISHER : Canongate Books Ltd PUBLICATION DATE : May 07, 2015 COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : United Kingdom IMPRINT : Canongate Books Ltd LANGUAGE : English AGE : General PRODUCT FORM : Paperback / softback DIMENSION : 198 mm x 129 mm WEIGHT : 205 g PRODUCT CATEGORY : Biography, Literature & Literary studies The Arts Show more