New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - First novel by this law professor (following 7 books of non-fiction), a sprawling story of suspense and murder, "set in two privileged worlds: the upper crust African American society of the Eastern seabordÑfamilies who summer at MarthaÕs VineyardÑand the inner circle of an Ivy League law school." SIGNED on the title page. 657 pp.