Alan Cumming.
ALAN CUMMING
NOT MY FATHER’S SON: A FAMILY MEMOIR (2014)
Winner of the Hatchards & Biographers’ Club First Biography Prize.
A New York Times best seller.
The leading actor Alan Cumming writes an account of the tangled and tortuous lives of his father and grandfather. His father held his family hostage, and was prone to outbreaks of violence. He disappeared from Alan Cumming’s life for ten years, then re-appeared with surprising family revelations. His maternal grandfather’s behaviour was equally strange. He disappeared to the Far East after the Second World War, and was reported to have died in an accident. Further mysteris unfolded.
Stephen fry described the book as 'One of the most memorable, heart-stopping autobiographies I have ever read'.
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Alan Cumming (born 1965) is a Scottish actor who has appeared in numerous film and TV roles. His awards include a BAFTA AWard, two Emmy Awards, two Tony Awards and an Olivier Award. He is remarkable versatile, having played in a Bond film, a US legal TV series, and as the emcee in the musical Cabaret. For the Cabaret role he won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical.
