Jul 13
I’ve read a couple reviews of Christopher Buckley’s Losing Mum and Pup: A Memoir , and none seem to do it justice so well as Alexander Waugh’s in The American Conservative . Chris and his father’s relationship was no doubt complex as evidenced by this passage: Young Christopher is taken sailing, he sees his father pee against a cathedral, and he fails occasionally to delight his father with his books. There are expressions of love and pride but also a lingering resentment to which the
