{"product_id":"9781776561209","title":"My Father's Island: A Memoir","description":"After the death of his brilliant, eccentric father, Adam Dudding went in search of the stories and secrets of a man who had been a loving parent and husband, but was also a tormented, controlling and at times cruel man.Robin Dudding was the greatest New Zealand literary editor of his generation – friend and mentor of many of our best-known writers. At his peak he published the country's finest literary journal on the smell of an oily rag from a falling-down house overflowing with books, long-haired children and chickens – an island of nonconformity in the heart of 1970s Auckland suburbia. Yet when Robin's uncompromising integrity tipped into something much more self-destructive, a dark shadow fell over his career and personal life.In My Father's Island, Adam Dudding writes frankly about the rise and fall of an unconventional cultural figure. But this is also a moving, funny and deeply personal story of a family, of a marriage, of feuds and secret loves – and of a son's dawning understanding of his father.","brand":"Victoria University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47183365505264,"sku":"9781776561209","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781776561209_p0.jpg?v=1763710476","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781776561209","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}