ABSTRACT
In his autobiography entitled My Father and Myself, J. R. Ackerley describes his difficult relationship with his father and the at times stifling atmosphere of a still profoundly Victorian England. A good-looking man and gifted with a lively intelligence, Ackerley was seeking that ideal friend, spurred on by a sort of adolescent impulse. In Italy, Francesco is a foreigner and during the many years he has lived in the country he has never been back to visit his family, nor have his numerous family ever come to Italy to visit him. In an article of 2005, Alessandra Lemma explores the psychic functions of lying and attempts to identify three self-object configurations. During analysis, Francesco was able to experience an emotionally available analytic object and to allow himself to remember his past and put together the various aspects of his life. Maturing, Giovanni was immediately aware of his homosexuality, but without any undue problems.
