A Voice from Old New York : A Memoir of My Youth (Hardcover)

from siri51

Written with a great deal of hindsight - of moderate interest only. I had thought a man with so many fiction titles to his credit (not that I have read any) might have been able to write a more engaging narrative as his autobiography.

from HadriantheBlind

A flawed but still interesting look at a way of life that is long gone. Auchincloss may have been one of its last surviving witnesses.

from michigantrumpet

Posthumously published, this is celebrated author Louis Auchincloss' recollections over 90 years of life in New York City. The tales are loosely organized, bounding back and forth between time and topic. While this might be off-putting for some, isn't that exactly the way of one's own remembrance...