Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers, (1991). SIGNED hardcover first edition - Award-winning author's fifth novel, one which features his blend of humor and pathos. "When a music professor tormented by a crumbling marriage and the onset of middle age recognizes his first love in a TV special on the homeless, he sets out with his hilarious born-again ex-con cousin to rescue her. The result is rollicking, riotous entertainment." SIGNED on the title page and INSCRIBED to the noted collector Larry Owens "with gratitude for your support" and dated in 1995. 304 pp. ISBN: 1-561450243.