Roy & Me
A Memoir and Then Some
Format:Paperback
Publisher:AU Press
Published:1st Oct '10
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
Maurice Yacowar challenges genre and form in Roy & Me, across between memoir and fiction, truth and distortion.
Roy & Me is the exploration of Yacowar’s relationship with Roy Farran – soldier, politician, author, mentor – and his conflict with Farran’s anti-Semitic past.
Maurice Yacowar challenges genre and form in Roy & Me,a cross between memoir and fiction, truth and distortion. It is theexploration of Yacowar’s relationship with Roy Farran –soldier, politician, author, mentor – and his conflict withFarran’s anti-Semitic past.
Best known for his service with the Special Air Service during WorldWar II, Roy Farran served as a politician in the Legislative Assemblyof Alberta for Premier Peter Lougheed. During his time as a soldier,Farran allegedly kidnapped and murdered a sixteen-year-old member ofthe Lehi group.
Roy & Me is a memoir that edges toward fiction byventuring into Farran’s thoughts, based on his writings andYacowar’s imagination.ISBN: 9781926836102
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 170g
148 pages