Who Killed My Father

Author Edouard Louis
Narrator Edouard Louis
Publisher Random House
Publish Date 20 June 2019
Run Time 1 hours and 38 minutes
Format Audio
Genre Biography and non-fiction prose, Literary essays, Political oppression and persecution, Politics and government, Social and ethical issues, Social discrimination and equal treatment, Society and Social Sciences, Sociology: family and relationships.

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Penguin presents the audio edition of Who Killed My Father, written and read by Edouard Louis.

Who Killed My Father is the story of a tough guy – the story of the little boy I never was. The story of my father.

In Who Killed My Father, Édouard Louis explores key moments in his father’s life, and the tenderness and disconnects in their relationship.

Told with the fire of a writer determined on social justice, and with the compassion of a loving son, the book urgently and brilliantly engages with issues surrounding masculinity, class, homophobia, shame and social poverty.

It unflinchingly takes aim at systems that disadvantage those they seek to exclude – those who have their expectations, hopes and passions crushed by a society which gives them little thought.

Critics Review

Edouard Louis [is] the vanguard of Franceu2019s new generation of political writers

Evening Standard

Edouard Louisu2026 speaks with an emotional authenticity and a stylistic confidence that is hard to ignore

Observer

This short work tackles the intersections of class, gender and sexuality... Louis gives voice to the way the cruel, crude hegemony of masculinity has essentially destroyed his fatheru2019s life, making him u201cas much a victim of the violenceu201d he inflicted as of the violence he endured

Guardian

This valuable tale brings emotion to a discussion led by numbers, encouraging us to remember the real human lives affected by policy and political point-scoring

Financial Times

To understand what is happening now in France, or indeed, all over Europe, this is an essential text

Irish Times

[A] small but hugely powerful booku2026 Louis has further enhanced his growing reputation as the head of France's new wave of revolutionary writers

Morning Star

With great clarity, this short autobiography speaks of 21st-century working-class lives tarnished by shame and the erosion of hopes and ambitions. Louis and his father appear to recover from their personal losses of love and joy and family life; but it feels too late and at too great a cost

Times Higher Education

A masterful work from an underrepresented voice, which reminds us that the political is intrinsically personal

Independent

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