Paul Auster's is a fascinating and often funny memoir about his early years as a writer struggling to be published, and to make enough money to survive. Leaving high school with "Itchy feet" And refusing to play it safe,...Paul Auster's is a fascinating and often funny memoir about his early years as a writer struggling to be published, and to make enough money to survive. Leaving high school with "Itchy feet" And refusing to play it safe, Auster avoided convention and the double life of steady office employment while writing.