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Memoir: The Mighty Franks: Michael Frank, Fourth Estate, hbk, 416 pages, €15.49
Michael's aunt 'Hank' and uncle Irving on the set of Hud in 1962
Gaby Wood on Michael Frank's superb memoir of staying sane in a dysfunctional Hollywood family
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