Reviews for The American: A Memoir

The average rating for The American: A Memoir based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-03-16 00:00:00 Jake Kemphouse I read this in an evening. It is an appalling and frank story of the life of a father by his son. It is disturbing that these days so much more is known about mental illness, abuse and the effects of war. Powerfully but simply told. Such regret.

Review # 2 was written on 2013-06-26 00:00:00 Alex White This is a catharsis memoir for the author who, along with his mother, suffered beatings from his sadistic father. The confessional gets sickening when he reveals every personal weird thing he's done or thought. The average person would be too ashamed; it has a self-destructive exhibitionism about it. This memoir is front loaded. Interesting and shocking chapters up until the father's recollections of D-Day. But he runs out of things to say. The second half of the book is mostly life on the farm filler.