Synopses & Reviews
With this, his seventh novel, Eric Kraft once again gives readers and critics everywhere a reason to celebrate:
Kirkus declared it "one of the most delightful novels of the decade," while
Publishers Weekly asked, "Is there a more beguiling writer today than Eric Kraft?" Small's Hotel is where Peter and Albertine Leroy have spent their lives, hosting visitors while Peter works on his memoirs. But as guests grow harder to come by the future of the hotel--and of every gift Peter ever dreamed of giving his wife--is in jeopardy. What he does to save his marriage is a story involving friendship, childhood, gadgets, and great, abiding love.
Review
"A wonderful
matryoshka of a novel, with at least five stories nested one inside the other...The various tales move towards contrasting climaxes with just the sort of spectacular intricacy that make a business fail and a a novel fly."--
The New Yorker"Funny, deftly structured...warm, engaging...just right."
--The New York Times Book Review
"Unashamedly sentimental, digressive, and extremely funny; like Proust, profoundly nostalgic."
--Men's Journal
About the Author
Eric Kraft began publishing his
Personal History, Adventures, Experiences and Observations of Peter Leroy in 1976. His novels, which include
Herb 'n' Lorna,
Where Do You Stop?,
What a Piece of Work I Am, and
At Home with the Glynns, are all available from Picador. He and his wife, Madeline, live in Sag Harbor, NY.