New York: William H. Morrow, 1981. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, an account of the Vietnam War: "The story of Kurt Strom's year in Vietnam. Kurt is a medic -- tall, blond, handsome, and gay, wkth a gift for seducing heterosexual men and, it seems, an irresistible urge to use his gift. . . .his story is told through letters to home to four correspondents, his hip grandmother, outcast cousin Chloe, a straight buddy who doesn't know Kurt is Gay and Paul, Kurt's closest friend." 420 pp. ISBN: 0-688-006442.