In this fictional memoir, Valerie Martin brilliantly re-
creates the seamy theater world of 1970s New York, when
rents were cheap, love was free, and nudity on stage was
the latest craze. Edward Day, a talented and ambitious
young actor finds his life forever altered during a weekend
party on the Jersey Shore, where he seduces the delicious
Madeleine Delavergne and is saved from drowning by the
mysterious Guy Margate, a man who bears an eerie physical
resemblance to Edward. Forever after, Edward is torn
between his desire for Madeleine and his indebtedness to
Guy, his rival in love and in art, on stage and off.