By Nightfall

Peter and Rebecca Harris: midforties, denizens of Manhattan's SoHo, nearing the apogee of committed careers in the arts - he a dealer, she an editor. With a spacious loft, a college-age daughter in Boston, and lively friends, they are admirable, enviable contemporary urbanites with every reason to be happy. Then Rebecca's much younger brother shows up. Known in the family as Mizzy (for mistake), Ethan is eautiful, beguiling and wayward. And in his presence Peter finds himself questioning his entire carefully constructed world -- Back cover.