The Duke of Deception: Memories of My Father

Duke Wolff was a flawless specimen of the American clubman — a product of Yale and the OSS, a one-time fighter pilot turned aviation engineer. Duke Wolff was a failure who flunked out of a series of undistinguished schools, was passed up for military service, and supported himself with desperately improvised scams, exploiting employers, wives, and, finally, his own son.

In The Duke of Deception, Geoffrey Wolff unravels the enigma of this Gatsbyesque figure, a bad man who somehow was also a very good father, an inveterate liar who falsified everything but love.

Author: Geoffrey Wolff
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 02/19/1990
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.63lbs
Size: 8.12h x 5.24w x 0.61d
ISBN: 9780679727521
Language: English