New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. dj. 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. 201 pp. ISBN: 0-679415114.