“Awitty,roller-coasterrideofuncertainidentitysetagainstthegrittycertaintiesofNewYorkCity.Incompelling,unadornedprose,RichardWileygivesusabewitchingandultimatelymovingtale.“--CarylPhillips,authorofADistantShoreandTheLostChildDr.RubyOkadameetsacharmingmanwithaScottishaccentintheelevatorofherpsychiatrichospital.Unawarethatheisanescapingpatient,shefallsunderhisspell,andherlifeandhisarechangedforeverbythetimetheygettothestreet.Whoisthemysteriousman?IsheArchieB.Billingsly,sufferingfromdissociativeidentitydisorderandsubjecttobrilliantflightsoffancyandbizarre,violentfits?OrishethereincarnationofRobertLouisStevenson,backtohauntNewYorkasLongJohnSilverandMr.EdwardHyde?Hercareercompromised,Rubysoonlearnsthatherfutureandthatofherunbornchilddependonfindingthekeytohisidentity.Withcompellingpsychologicaldescriptionsandterrifying,ineffabletransformations,BobStevensonisaningenioustalefeaturingaquirkycastofcharactersdrawntogetherbymutualfascination,need,andfinally,love.RichardWileyistheauthorofeightnovelsincludingSoldiersinHiding,winnerofthePEN/FaulknerAwardforFiction,andAhmed’sRevenge,winneroftheMariaThomasFictionAward.ProfessoremeritusattheUniversityofNevada,LasVegas,hedivideshistimebetweenLosAngeles,CaliforniaandTacoma,Washington.
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