Atocha Station - Novel or memoir?

Writing a novel or memoir?

 I really enjoyed the discussion last night and was pleased with the generally favorable Lucky Jim.  For those of you who were interested in some additional contextual reading, here is the link to the WSJ Book Club featuring Evelyn Waugh's A Handful of Dust.  We also talked about The Patrick Melrose Novels.

The next Book Group meeting (and last before the Summer) is set for Wednesday, June 10th at 7pm.  We will be reading Leaving the Atocha Station by Ben Lerner.  The protagonist, a brilliant if unreliable American Poet visiting Madrid on a prestigious fellowship, has a background that strongly resembles that of the author.  Is this a memoir or a novel?  "Fresh, unpredictable, intellectually stimulating, and often quite funny," the book is one of several recent releases that challenge the structure of traditional narrative fiction.

 I promised to attach a link to the James Woods review of Leaving the Atocha Station.  Try to stay open minded!