The phantom father
a memoir
Chicago (ill.), biography
Gangsters
Prostitutes
Fathers
Homes and haunts
Fathers and sons
Americans
Childhood and youth
American Authors
Authors, biography
Family relationships
Intellectual life
Family
Social life and customs
Biography
Fiction
Rudy Winston, Barry Gifford's father, ran an all-night liquor store/drugstore in Chicago, where Barry used to watch showgirls rehearse next door at the Club Alabam on Saturday afternoons. Sometimes in the morning he ate breakfast at the small lunch counter in the store, dunking doughnuts with the or…
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