A novel based on the Kipling poem The Gods of the Copybook Headings, which confronts the egalitarian fantasies of late 20th Century liberalism, in a riveting tale of intrigue, voluptuosity and violence, as the political economy breaks down under the weight of entitlements.
     Charles Stuart, wealthy Virginia patrician, is running for the U.S. Senate as an independent conservative on an anti-feminist, "politically incorrect" platform--better suited to the 18th than the 20th Century. He is gaining ground, but is vulnerable because of a brawling womanizing past.
     Maggie Robertson, Sarah Lawrence '92, pretty, intelligent young feminist journalist, is assigned by the New York Times to cover the race. Although considered the perfect antidote to the Virginia "Neanderthal," Maggie is troubled because she does not have an answer to Stuart's rhetoric. She must also come to grips with her own healthy libido and with challenges to her journalistic integrity. Throughout the novel, she wrestles with questions of values and priorities; with the conflicting demands of career and desire; and with some of the more strident realities of human interaction, for which her Ivy League education has not prepared her.
     While Congress tries to salvage a collapsing Welfare State, major world banks prepare to withdraw funds before the coming chaos; and ex-C.I.A. operatives, on both the right and left, maneuver for advantage in the expected crisis.
     As though to shadow the social deterioration outside, the girls at "Michelle's," an upscale brothel in Virginia, report a sharp increase in requests for the weird and kinky; causing Sarah, a beautiful and successful young whore, whose reaction to Stuart's rhetorical celebration of sex-roles and sexuality is the exact opposite to Maggie's, to reexamine her chosen path, and to embark on a surprising new career.

CAUTION: May not be suitable for under 18.