Jonathan Raban was an outstanding travel writer and literary critic. In his last (posthumous) book, Father and Son, he reports on the horrifying stroke he experienced a few years before his death, while intermingling an account of his father's experiences in WWII and his father's courtship with Raban's mother. The accounts of Raban's hospitalization and treatment are classic examples of his winning style and captivating voice. I'm not sure this part of the memoir dovetails smoothly with his long account of his father's wartime experiences, but Raban is always worth reading. A great loss to travel writing.