New York: Simon & Schuster, (1993.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, set in Concord, Massachusetts in the1970's and 1980's, this is the story of a family who seems to be living the American dream, but increasingly deteriorating under the prosperous surface. Long blurb by Bret Easton Ellis, among others. 271 pp. ISBN: 0-671-732153.