My Fathers Fortune, Michael Frayn
My Fathers Fortune, Michael Frayn
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My Father's Fortune
A Life

Author: Michael Frayn

Narrator: Martin Jarvis

Unabridged: 10 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/01/2011


Synopsis

In this memoir, Frayn reveals the original exemplar of the extraordinary-ordinary life: his father, Tom Frayn. A clever lad, a roofing salesman with a winning smile and a racetrack vocabulary, Tom Frayn emerged undaunted from a childhood spent in two rooms with six other people, all of them deaf. And undaunted he stayed, even through the shockingly sudden tragedy that darkened his life. Tom Frayn left his son little more than three watches and two ink-and-wash prints. But the true fortune he passed on was the great humor and spirit revealed in this beguiling memoir.

About Michael Frayn

Michael Frayn is the author of thirteen plays, including the classic comedy Noises Off, and Copenhagen, which was named Play of the Year by the Evening Standard and won the Drama Critics Circle award. Frayn has also written seven novels and three screenplays, as well as being a journalist, documentary filmmaker, and translator of Chekhov. Headlong is his first novel to appear in the United States since 1993. He lives in London.

About Martin Jarvis

Martin Jarvis has starred in many West End productions and on Broadway. His screen appearances include Titanic and Numb3rs, among others. He is an award-winning audiobook performer and has received an OBE for his services to drama.


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Awards

  • PEN/Ackerley Prize