.. .. ... .. ... .. .. ... .. .. ... The novel is set in Los Angeles in the late 1980s. There are two protagonists, cousins, both in the history department at a leading privately funded university in the city. Their lives intertwine when, at various stages of the story, they have romantic relationships with the same woman, called Pamela, who is employed on the same campus. The novel also portrays the lives of the two men until each, in his individual way, reaches a crisis point and shows how each deals to this. (more) .. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Michael Zurowski is an historian, political scientist and bibliographer. He holds BA and MA degrees from Assumption University of Windsor in Canada and a doctorate from the London School of Economics and Political Science where he studied under Antony Polonsky and Sir Leonard Schapiro. He is presently residing and is wallowing shamelessly in the leafy, multi-cultural and cultivated atmosphere of historic Montreal in Quebec where hospitality and its multi-faceted concert scene are its trademarks. To the right and left of his apartment are a Greek-owned Italian restaurant and a Jewish day school and synagogue. (more)