The phantom father
a memoir
Chicago (ill.), biography
Gangsters
Prostitutes
Fathers
Homes and haunts
Fathers and sons
Americans
Childhood and youth
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Family
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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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