Answer:
The book describes Baldwin's father as handsome, proud, severely cruel, bitter, but charming
Step-by-step explanation:
Baldwin describes his father as a terrible person at the same time as a really contradictory man, he found it very hard to connect and communicate with others, and even more to show affection to his own children, he was a distant person and he was mostly angry, and at the same time he was able to get the attention of people.