‘I used to think the world divided between those who have children and those who don’t; now I think it divides between those who’ve lost a parent and those whose parents are still alive.’

This is a memoir about loss, love and death. It is also an unflinching attempt to answer the question: when was Dr Arthur Morrison - the man I recognize to be my father – fully and unequivocally himself? Was it the man seen through an eight-year-old’s eyes, jumping queues, doing deals, embarrassing his family? The man seen by a surly teenager – a sexual charmer, a mad inventor, a DIY enthusiast, a voracious parent? Or the man in pain on his death-bed, the charismatic GP reduced to a helpless patient? As it tries to answer these questions, the book takes its place alongside other classic studies of fathers, such as those by Edmund Gosse, J. R. Ackerley and Philip Roth.

First published in 1993, ‘And When Did You Last See Your Father?’ is a portrait of family life, father-son relationships and bereavement. It became a bestseller, was translated into several languages (including Japanese and Arabic), and inspired a whole genre of confessional memoirs. A new edition, with an afterword by the author, was published in 2006.

And when did you last see your father? won the Waterstone's/Volvo/Esquire Award for Non-Fiction and the JR Ackerley Prize for Autobiography 1993.

Blake Morrison出生于约克郡小镇Skipton，曾就读于诺丁汉大学、麦克玛斯特大学和伦敦大学学院。曾为《泰晤士报文学增刊》工作，后同时被《观察家报》和《星期日独立报》聘为文学编辑，并于1995年辞职成为全职作家。

作为皇家文学学会会员、前任诗文书社社长和PEN副会长，Blake著有小说、诗歌、新闻、书评和诗集，亦曾写过话剧。他最有名的作品当数《And When Did You Last See Your Father》和《Things My Mother Never Told Me》两部分别著述其父母的回忆录。

自2003年，Blake担任了金匠学院创新与生活写作教授。他与妻子和三个孩子住在南伦敦。