A bestseller that takes readers on a journey to New York of the Belle Epoque, where Peter Lake attempts to rob a Manhattan mansion only to find the daughter of the house at home. Thus begins the love between the middle-aged Irishman and Beverly Penn, a young girl who is dying. "This novel...is a gifted writer's love affair with the language" (Newsday).
- ISBN10 1299898416
- ISBN13 9781299898417
- Publish Date 1 January 1983
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 25 February 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Mariner Books
- Format eBook
- Language English