Fiction writer Tobias Wolff electrified critics with his scarifying 19 memoir, which many deemed as notable for its artful structure and finely wrought prose as for the events it describes The story is pretty grim Teenaged Wolff moves with his divorced mother from Florida to Utah to Washington State to escape her violent boyfriendTobias Wolff, in full Tobias Jonathan Ansell Wolff, (born June 19, 1945, Birmingham, Alabama, US), American writer who was primarily known for his memoirs and for his short stories, in which many voices and a wide range of emotions are skillfully depicted Wolff's parents divorced when he was a child From the age of 10, he traveled with his mother, who relocated frequently and finallyTobias Wolff's classic memoir has all the elements of a fairy tale a brilliant boy has the great misfortune of having an evil, simian, philistine stepfather impose his hate and ignorance on poor, almost helpless Tobias who, living with his mother and new family, endures a t
