New York: Norton, (1991) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's third novel - a "tragicomic tale of Earl Dimes awakening to the empty mess he's made of the first forty years of his life.. . When the glass wall shatters suddenly, Earl must finally face his failures and remake his life. It is how we chose to be alive for those we love that is at the core of this novel." INSCRIBED on the half title page to Larry Owens, the noted Oklahoma book collector. A New York Times Notable Book of the Year. 448 pp. ISBN: 0-393029913.