Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1988). Novel originally published in 1980 and reissued as a title in the Phoenix Fiction Series. "Stefan Mauger, a dispossessed Austrian nobleman and talented sculptor, choreographs the theft of pre-Columbian Art from a Mexican island burial ground and runs up against Inspector Mariposa, a policeman and art connoisseur. . . a cultivated and thoughtful novel." (Publishers Weekly) 312 pp. ISBN: 0-226-112500.