Clarke John Subject (1 results)

Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white & colour photos centre spread, minor edgewear. 270 pp. Lorin Clarke relates the story of growing up with her famous father John Clarke, her art historian mother Helen, and her little sister Lucia. This is a family view of the stories John told about his childhood, of the dinner parties full of New Zealanders, and the conversation with his in-laws that enabled him to imagine a career as a comedian that did not yet exist. In her delightful book Lorin, author of the celebrated podcast The Fitzroy Diaries, brings her own idyllic and nerdy childhood to life, and draws a fascinating portrait of the private man behind the household name.…