First edition, first printing. Random House, New York 2005. 8vo., 824 pp.
Book is fine like new with miniscule signs of wear. Dustwrapper is fine like new and unclipped. Now protected by a transparent Adaptaroll sleeve. The front edge of the text block is untrimmed (rough cut) as it is common with many American editions.
This is the story of actor Jack Burns - his life, loves, celebrity and astonishing search for the truth about his parents. Jack has always lived in the shadow of his absent father. But as he grows older – and when his mother dies – he starts to doubt the portrait of his father’s character she painted for him when he was a child. This is the cue for a journey around Europe in search of his father, from Edinburgh to Switzerland, towards a conclusion of great emotional force.
