New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Second novel by this award winning and highly praised author, the story of a Holocaust survivor (as was Begley himself) who is left without a country or family, but who recreated himself as a brilliant financier, only to find in the end that he was irremediably late for everything he ever wanted. INSCRIBED on the half title page to the late noted collector Larry Owens. Review copy with publisher's slip and photograph laid in. 201 pp. ISBN: 0-679415114.