New York: Viking, 1989. dj. Hardcover first edition - Fifth book by this highly praised young writer - set in New York city where things are not going well of Thom, who has just lost his job as a photographer - and not well for two life-long friends eithe. Mary Robinson calls this "knowing, compassionate and clever on every page - a really funny novel, really funny." 272 pp. ISBN: 0-670-825816.