New York: St Martin's, (1999.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel set in "the seamy world of the Russian sex slave trade. [It] is the wrenching story of a disillusioned young American expatriate who searches for life's meanings in the Soviet Union on the eve of its disintegration." Praise from Philip Roth (who calls it an 'eerie little powerhouse of a novel'), Peter Straub and others. 224 pp. ISBN: 0-312-198248.