A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice "Fast-paced and] riveting . . . Stone is one of our transcendently great American novelists." -- Madison Smartt Bell "Brilliant." -- Washington Post At an elite college in a once-decaying New England city, Steven Brookman has come to a decision. A brilliant but careless professor, he has determined that for the sake of his marriage, and his soul, he must end his relationship with Maud...