My father and myself

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.

subjects: Family relationships,  Gay men,  English Authors,  Biography,  Fathers and sons,  Family,  Fathers,  Homosexuality,  Personal narratives,  Gays,  Families,  Authors, biography,  Gays, family relationships

People: J. R. Ackerley (1896-1967),  J.R. Ackerley (1896-1967),  Alfred Roger Ackerley

Places: Great Britain,  England

Times: 20th century