In early 2014, after many years living abroad, Sam Miller returned to his childhood home in London. His father was dying. When the editor, writer, critic & academic Karl Miller died later that year, the obituaries spoke of his brilliance & influence, of how he founded the London Review of Books, & how he had shaped the careers of some of the finest writers & poets of the second half of the twentieth century. But they gave little sense of Karl Miller beyond the world of work: the warm, funny, football-loving family man so adored by his children & grandchildren. In the months after his death, Sam began to write about his father. He had been told, long ago, a family secret involving his parents & a close friend. Now, by reading his father`s papers & with the help of his mother, he was able to piece together a remarkable story. Fathers is the result: a tender, thoughtful exploration of childhood & parenthood, of friendship, love & loyalty.