Full name: Schmidt Steps Back: A Novel

Author: Louis Begley Year: 2011 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Purchase/reserch links: Amazon Goodreads LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780345530530 0345530535

Now seventy-eight, and just as passionate, sharp, and endearingly prickly as ever, Albert Schmidt faces a life alone, with only the crumbs of grandfatherly status and a less-than-demanding position at an international organization to sustain him. His only hope is Alice Verplanck, the French widow of a former partner, as elusive as she is beautiful. Whether his rusty seduction skills can lure her from Paris to the Hamptons won't be known, though, until Schmidt endures one more ordeal by fire. Hilarious, engrossing, and deeply poignant, Schmidt Steps Back is Louis Begley's finest novel yet. This book is part of the "Schmidt" series. Here are some other books from this series: "Schmidt Delivered" First published in 2000 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: "About Schmidt" First published in 1996 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: