Dad: A Novel - Hardcover

Wharton, William

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0394510976 ISBN 13: 9780394510972

Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1981

Synopsis

Called home by the news of his mother's heart attack, John Tremont--in his fifties--finds himself trapped in his own middle age, between his college-drop-out son's impatience to live and his father's heartbreaking weariness and inability to cope

About this title

From the Publisher:

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‘This is a great American novel’ Philadelphia Inquirer

William Wharton’s extraordinary novel is the story of a man and his father. It is also the story of the same man and his son. Through the boy Billy we learn of Jack the father; through Jack we learn of his own unforgettable Dad. Dad, who long ago handed over the running of his life to his domineering wife, starts an amazing transformation when she is hospitalised after a heart attack; he suddenly finds freedom once more, and with it his old true self, mischievous and strong.

Brilliantly capturing the relationship between sons and fathers with humour and poignancy, Dad is a story of the love that binds generations of fathers and sons.

‘William Wharton is quite exceptionally gifted’ John Fowles

'Brilliantly constructed, immediate and moving, funny and finally deeply cathartic' San Francisco Chronicle

Book Description:

'Brilliantly constructed, immediate and moving, funny and finally deeply cathartic' San Francisco Chronicle (2001-07-30)

About this edition

• Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc
• Publication date: 1981
• ISBN 10: 0394510976
• ISBN 13: 9780394510972
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1