Peripatetic: A Memoir

Jewish parents, the war, the German occupation, the round up of Jews, the risk of being sent to a concentration camp, and the author's exile to a small village in the center of France. The young man's return to a newly liberated Paris, an addiction to poker, private Latin lessons with Einstein's best friend... his unusual tour of duty during the Algerian War... his tryst with a painter who encourages him to emigrate to America. Early years in New York City bohemia, honing his skills at Lee Stras