Kramer's Goats

A brilliant tour de force. Much of the text is the working journal-cum-memoir of Fabrice Korn, which Fabrice's brother Julien...is transcribing. Fabrice is a poet who has serious bouts of insanity, a fact that constantly calls into question what is true and what imaginary...We read that he grew up a Jew in 1930s Vienna, escaped to South Africa...and later, in middle age, wandered about Europe. Julien's comments...add ambiguities to the brother's often anguished, often funny recollections. This intense and fascinating story will reward readers who delve into its many layers...A novel of remarkable depth, power and insight, with passages of lyric beauty."" - Publishers Weekly. ""Nassauer's skillful psychological probing is challenging and rewarding."" - Choice.