The Economist (US), April 22nd, 1989
Parent-hunting
Babes in arms
DADDY WE HARDLY KNEW YOU. By Germaine Greer. Hamish Hamilton; LOYALTIES. By Carl Bernstein. Simon & Schuster;
LITTLE is pleasing in the idea of celebrities writing biographies of their unfamous parents. At best it smacks of self-indulgence; at worst it opens the door to embarassing public displays of psychoanalysis. On the face of it, Mum-and-Dad bios are a genre that should be nipped in the bud quickly. That said, Germaine Greer and Carl Bernstein have produced two irritatingly good books. "Daddy We Hardly Knew You" and "Loyalties" are generally unsentimental...
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