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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Publisher Weekly Review     More Content       More by this author     Offutt, Chris, 1958-     Subjects     Offutt, Andrew J.     Offutt, Chris, 1958-     Offutt, Chris, 1958- -- Family.     Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Family relationships.     Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography.     Fathers and sons -- Biography.     Erotic literature writers -- Biography.     Pornography -- Authorship -- Biography.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Offutt, Chris, 1958-       by title:      My father, the porno...       by call number:      306.8742 O32m     Search the Web     Offutt, Chris, 1958-     Offutt, Andrew J.     Offutt, Chris, 1958-     Offutt, Chris, 1958- -- Family.     Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Family relationships.     Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography.     Fathers and sons -- Biography.     Erotic literature writers -- Biography.     Pornography -- Authorship -- Biography.       MARC Display

My father, the pornographer : a memoir / Chris Offutt. by Offutt, Chris, 1958- Atria Books, 2016. Call #: 306.8742 O32m Subjects Offutt, Andrew J.   Offutt, Chris, 1958-   Offutt, Chris, 1958- -- Family.   Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Family relationships.   Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography.   Fathers and sons -- Biography.   Erotic literature writers -- Biography.   Pornography -- Authorship -- Biography. ISBN:  9781501112461 (hc.) 1501112465 (hc.) Edition:  First Atria Books hardcover edition. Description:  261 pages ; 24 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-261). Summary:  "When Andrew Offutt died, his son, Chris, inherited a desk, a rifle, and eighteen hundred pounds of pornographic fiction. Andrew had been considered the “king of twentieth-century smut,” with a writing career that peaked in the 1970s when the commercial popularity of the erotic novel reached its height. With his dutiful wife serving as typist, Andrew wrote from their home in the Kentucky hills, creating more than 400 books. Almost all of them were pornography, written using 17 pseudonyms, including pirate porn, ghost porn, zombie porn, and secret agent porn. The more he wrote, the more intense his ambition became and the more difficult it was for his children to be part of his world. In 2013, Chris returned home to help his widowed mother move. As he examined his father's manuscripts and memorabilia, journals, and letters, he realized he finally had an opportunity to gain insight into the difficult, mercurial, sometimes cruel man he’d loved and feared in equal measure. Only in his father’s absence could he truly make sense of the man and his legacy. Offutt takes us on the journey with him, acting as both a critic and as a son seeking answers. This is a book about a father who supported his family solely by the output of his typewriter; it’s about the awful psychic burdens one generation unthinkingly passes along to the next; and it’s about growing up in the Appalachian hills with a pack of fearless boys riding bicycles through the woods, happy and free. Chris Offutt is an author and screenwriter"--Provided by publisher. Genre:  Memoirs. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 306.8742 O32m Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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