‘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齣生於約剋郡小鎮Skipton，曾就讀於諾丁漢大學、麥剋瑪斯特大學和倫敦大學學院。曾為《泰晤士報文學增刊》工作，後同時被《觀察傢報》和《星期日獨立報》聘為文學編輯，並於1995年辭職成為全職作傢。

作為皇傢文學學會會員、前任詩文書社社長和PEN副會長，Blake著有小說、詩歌、新聞、書評和詩集，亦曾寫過話劇。他最有名的作品當數《And When Did You Last See Your Father》和《Things My Mother Never Told Me》兩部分彆著述其父母的迴憶錄。

自2003年，Blake擔任瞭金匠學院創新與生活寫作教授。他與妻子和三個孩子住在南倫敦。