Gonville, by Peter Birkenhead an outgrown hometown to the

an outgrown hometown to the wilderness itself

and make it home without attracting attention

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" a young man entertains dark thoughts as he watches his newly remarried ex-wife leading the life he once imagined they would share

Gonville, by Peter Birkenhead an outgrown hometown to theIn powerful and spirited prose, Peter Birkenhead recounts a childhood spent trying to make sense of his father, a terrifying, charismatic presence who brutalized his family physically and emotionally at the same time that he enchanted them with his passion and whimsy. An avid gun collector yet an anti war activist, a popular economics professor and a wife swapping nudist, a leftist and a lifelong fan of the British Empire who would occasionally don an