New York: The Viking Press, (2001.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A satirical comedy, the 11th in his series of academic novels, in which a young widow who teaches creative writing at a provincial university is is relentlessly pursued by the sexually predatory (although married) Ralph Messenger, who heads the Center for Cognitive Science. A New York Times Notable Book for 2001. 340 pp. ISBN: 0-670-899844.