{"product_id":"9781926836102","title":"Roy \u0026 Me: A Memoir and Then Some","description":"\u003cp\u003eMaurice Yacowar challenges genre and form in Roy and Me, a cross between memoir and fiction, truth and fantasy. It is the exploration of Yacowar's relationship with Roy Farran - soldier, politician, author, mentor - and his conflict with Farran's anti-Semitic past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBest known for his service with the British Special Air Service during World War II, Roy Farran later worked for the Calgary North Hill News (where he hired the sixteen-year-old Yacowar as a cub reporter) and served as a cabinet minister for Alberta Premier Peter Lougheed. During his time with the British goverment in Jerusalem following the war, Farran allegedly kidnapped and murdered a sixteen-year-old member of the militant Stern Gang but was ultimately acquitted. Drawing on Farran's writings and his own imagination, Yacowar weaves a dual narrative that is an exercise in the subjectivity of memory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of British Columbia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47060808433904,"sku":"9781926836102","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781926836102_p0.jpg?v=1763635638","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781926836102","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}