peter lefcourt

peter lefcourt's eleven karens
this is a very funny and fairly sweet sort of coming-of-age story about a guy who has been involved w/ eleven women named karen throughout his life. it's a great lens through which to view a young man's life/learning about sex/whatever. it touches on draft-dodging, cab-driving, going to the peace corps, writing romance novels, and other hilarious things. the conceit of explaining every pop culture reference with a footnote stopped being cute and amusing around chapter 8, but otherwise this was a very entertaining and light read, perfect for a summer morning.