New York: The Viking Press, (1987.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's third novel, set in the early 1920s, a mixture of philosphical and scientifc insight and trivia, populated by historical figures - Thomas Edison, Tesla, Hearst and others - and his own delightful characters. 273 pp. Dust jacket art by Fred Marcellino. ISBN: 0-670812285.