Molly Brodak’s memoir Bandit describes a father who was a bank robber, gambler, and gaslighter. Brodak grew up not trusting the truth of memoirs, making readers suspicious of hers. Is this a baffling or an effective literary device? You judge. For the story of another bad dad, read The Great Stork Derby, based on an actual contest in which a husband pressures his wife to have babies for cash and, fifty years later, learns the true meaning of fatherhood. Read more about the book in NOVELS.
