{"product_id":"porter-andrew-the-imagined-life","title":"Porter, Andrew - The Imagined Life","description":"\"A novel about fathers and sons, complex family\nmythologies and buried secrets, as well as the story of a\nman's odyssey to heal past wounds. Perfect for fans of\nAdam Haslett and Kaveh Akbar.\"\nA taut, elegiac, and engrossing read, The Imagined Life follows Steven Mills,\na man in a struggling marriage who becomes obsessed with uncovering the\ntruth about the father who vanished from his life when he was only twelve.\nDriving up the coast of California, Steven seeks out his father's friends, family,\nand former colleagues, and is transported back to his 1980s childhood: his\nparents' legendary pool parties, black-and-white films on the backyard projector,\nhis father's male friends in the cabana house... With every revelation\nhis father becomes more difficult to recognise, and, with every insight, Steven\nmust confront truths about his own life.\nIn cinematic prose, Andrew Porter explores the full nexus of male relationships:\nfathers and sons, husbands and lovers-set achingly against the US AIDS\nepidemic and the homophobia of the 1980s-and masterfully weaves a tale of\ntrauma, generational secrets, forbidden love, and shame.","brand":"Europa Editions (UK) Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Paperback Book","offer_id":50224114106646,"sku":"RMX-49505","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0839\/7750\/2998\/files\/5ffaa857178b8c99360d85faad18bf3d.jpg?v=1752062960","url":"https:\/\/resident-music-uk.myshopify.com\/products\/porter-andrew-the-imagined-life","provider":"Resident Music UK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}