At Home with the Glynns

Peter Leroy

In the sixth volume of his memoirs, Peter Leroy receives his sexual initiation at the hands of the Glynn twins, becomes a sketch doctor, listens to many tales about the night the Nevsky mansion burned, learns the value of hope, and discovers the love of his life.

As is usual with Peter's recollections, we are never certain where memory ends and imagination begins—but we are certain that we are reading the work of a brilliant memoirist who reconstructs his past with wry humor, nostalgia, satire, and dazzling invention.

“A witty and wildly digressive epistemological examination in the form of a childhood reminiscence.”
     The New Yorker

“Devolves into a perfect madeleine . . . leaving an insatiable desire for more.”
     Kirkus Reviews

“Anyone who has mourned, or yearned for, his or her younger self will find Kraft an enchantment.”
     Publishers Weekly

“Kraft is a master of dialogue and description.”
     Town and Country

“A splendidly vivid exploration of ‘sexual pleasure amplified and augmented by the thrill of adventure.’”
     Dwight Garner, New York Newsday

“Nostalgic and very funny and just a little perverse.”
     Frederic Koeppel, Memphis Commercial Appeal

“Wholly engaging . . . a daring tour de force.”
     Jonathan Baumbach, The New York Times Book Review

“Celebrates the savor of memory for the sophisticated palate.”
     Boston Sunday Globe

“Postmodernism was never so pleasurable.”
     Malcolm Jones, Jr., Newsweek

“One of the more hilariously erotic pieces of writing since Lolita.”
     Edward Hannibal, The East Hampton Star

Picador USA (1996)
Paperback: 179 pages
$ 11.00