In My Father's Name - by Mark Arax (Paperback)

About the Book

Two decades after his father's unsolved murder, Mark Arax uprooted his family and returned to Fresno under an assumed name, determined to put the past to rest. This "vivid memorial to the incidental victims of homicide" (Rosellen Brown, "New York Times Book Review") presents a "compelling record of how circumstances shape us, the way a single event can redirect our lives" (David Ulin, "Newsday"). Photos.

Book Synopsis

From Simon & Schuster comes an unforgettable autobiography from Mark Arax: In My Father's Name.

Mark Arax recounts the incredible events that transpired twenty years after his father's unsolved murder, during which he returned to Fresno under an assumed name and uncovered the startling disclosure that preceded his father's tragic death.

Review Quotes

Peter H. King "Columnist, "Los Angeles Times" Almost every American town harbors some brutal secret, but few produce writers like Mark Arax with both the courage and artistic talent needed to coax the story out and shape it into fine literature. Of course, Arax had an extra incentive: the footsteps he followed ran straight through his own family, straight through his own heart.

Wil Haygood "Author of "King Of The Cats: The Life And Times Of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr." A brave and chilling story...You won't forget the landscape rendered in this book, nor the ache of family lore. And certainly not Arax's beautiful and cleareyed writing that enables him to reclaim his father's lost honor.

About the Author

Mark Arax is the author of In My Father's Name, a Simon & Schuster book.