This is a twisty, turny book. It's autobiographical, but he says he's taken liberties with the facts "with due abandon". It's the story of his grandparents, and to some extent, of his mother. He spent time with his grandmother, when he was a small boy. He spent time with his grandfather, years later, when his grandfather was dying and had become loquacious.

His own observations, as a child, and as a man, are woven through with narrative written like novel, often from his grandfather's perspective. He fills in a level of detail that is clearly fiction, not details told to him by his grandfather. The three weave together, not in chronological order, but I found them easy to follow.

I loved it.