{"product_id":"the-boy-he-left-behind-a-man-s-search-for-his-lost-father-mark-matousek","title":"The Boy He Left Behind: A Man’s Search for His Lost Father — Mark Matousek","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"556\" data-end=\"577\"\u003eAuthor: Mark Matousek\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"579\" data-end=\"597\"\u003ePublisher: Piatkus\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"599\" data-end=\"616\"\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"618\" data-end=\"653\"\u003eEdition: UK edition, published 2001\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"655\" data-end=\"687\"\u003eISBN: 0749921390 \/ 9780749921392\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"689\" data-end=\"890\"\u003eCondition: Second-hand. Light shelf wear to cover and edges, mild age toning to pages, and minor marks from handling. Binding appears intact from photos. Please see photos for the exact copy available.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"892\" data-end=\"1263\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"892\" data-end=\"916\"\u003eThe Boy He Left Behind\u003c\/em\u003e is Mark Matousek’s memoir about searching for the father who disappeared from his life when he was a child. At age thirty-eight, Matousek hires a private detective and follows a trail that becomes part family mystery, part personal reckoning, and part meditation on fathers, identity, masculinity and memory. \u003cspan class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1265\" data-end=\"1631\"\u003eThe book will appeal to readers interested in literary memoir, queer writing, family history, fatherhood, self-discovery and emotionally reflective life writing. Matousek’s background as a former editor at \u003cem data-start=\"1471\" data-end=\"1482\"\u003eInterview\u003c\/em\u003e magazine also gives this memoir a connection to late twentieth-century New York literary and cultural circles.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Astaroth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50088486666463,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0805\/6815\/6383\/files\/IMG_7191.jpg?v=1780905325","url":"https:\/\/astarothbooks.com\/products\/the-boy-he-left-behind-a-man-s-search-for-his-lost-father-mark-matousek","provider":"Astaroth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}