My father, the pornographer : a memoir
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New York : Atria Books, [2016].
Physical Desc
261 pages ; 24 cm.
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Sierra View Library - Adult Nonfiction
813.54 OFFUTT 2016
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813.54 OFFUTT 2016
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New York : Atria Books, [2016].
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Language
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After inheriting 400 novels of pornography written by his father in the 1970s and ‘80s, critically acclaimed author Chris Offutt sets out to make sense of a complicated father-son relationship in this carefully observed, beautifully written memoir. “Clearing Dad’s office felt like prospecting within his brain. As I sorted, like an archaeologist, backward through time, I saw a remarkable mind at work, a life lived on its own terms.” When Andrew Offutt died, his son, Chris, inherited a desk, a rifle, and 1800 pounds of porn. Andrew had been considered the “king of twentieth century smut,” a career that began as a strategy to pay for his son’s orthodontic needs and soon took on a life of its own, peaking during the ‘70s when the commercial popularity of the erotic novel was at its height. With his dutiful wife serving as typist, Andrew wrote from their home in the Kentucky hills, locked away in an office no one dared intrude upon. In this fashion he wrote 400 novels, ranging from pirate porn and ghost porn, to historical porn and time travel porn, to secret agent porn and zombie porn. The more he wrote, the more intense his ambition became, and the more difficult it was for his children to penetrate his world. Over one long summer in his hometown, helping his mother move out of the house, Chris began to examine his deceased father’s possessions and realized he finally had an opportunity to come to grips with the mercurial man he always feared but never understood. Offutt takes us on the journey with him, showing us how only in his father’s absence could he truly make sense of the man and his legacy. This riveting, evocatively told memoir of a deeply complex father-son relationship proves again why theNew York Times Book Review said, “Offut’s obvious kin are Richard Ford, Tobias Wolff, and Ernest Hemingway.”
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Offutt, C. (2016). My father, the pornographer: a memoir . Atria Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Offutt, Chris, 1958-. 2016. My Father, the Pornographer: A Memoir. Atria Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Offutt, Chris, 1958-. My Father, the Pornographer: A Memoir Atria Books, 2016.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Offutt, Chris. My Father, the Pornographer: A Memoir Atria Books, 2016.
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