The Handsomest Sons in the World!: A Memoir

The Handsomest Sons in the World!: A Memoir

by HaroldCarlton (Author)

Synopsis

This memoir of 1950s childhood tells the story of a Jewish boy who grew up to become an artist and best-selling author. It begins with Harold Carlton's deadpan journey through 1950s North London, from circumcision (by a Kosher butcher) to funeral. By the time we reach the climax of his story, we've recognised quirks, problems, jokes and sadnesses that exist in the best of families, but more so in this one.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 228
Edition: 1st
Publisher: Duck Editions
Published: 22 Feb 2001

ISBN 10: 0715630547
ISBN 13: 9780715630549

Author Bio
Harold Carlton was born in Reading in 1942 and moved to London at the age of one. He graduated from Saint Martin's School of Art. After illustrating magazines in London, Paris and New York, he returned to London to work for the Sunday Times, writing a regular column on mens wear. He also wrote for many other publications in the U.K. and America. Commissioned to write a novel by Ernest Hecht, he published four under the pen name of Simon Cooper. In 1988 he wrote a novel under his own name. Labels sold over a million copies in the USA and was published by Bantam Books there and in the UK. It was translated into seven languages. Sacrifice followed in 1991 and a non-fiction book The Scarf, a history of the silk square. He divides his time between Pimlico, London and Palma de Mallorca where he is working on a new novel.