Who is The Author (Frank Conroy) from Stop-time and what is their importance? Stop-time English & Literature The Author (Frank Conroy) | Stop-time

Frank Conroy is a writer—a novelist and memoirist—and musician. Stop-time is his autobiographical recollection of his childhood and adolescence, his experiences of beginning to grow from childhood into adulthood. He portrays himself throughout this memoir as something of a risk taker and a rule breaker, always searching for independence from his family and their various oppressions. This sometimes comes across as selfishness, and there are times when the author, as self-portrayed by the adult version, is somewhat unsympathetic. Overall, however, the author seems to be generous enough of spirit and perspective to treat his selfishness with a compassion that only occasionally veers into the sentimental.