This bold novel set in a co-operative

apartment building on NewYork s posh

Park Avenue strips away the genteel

and snobbish facade of the tenant-

owners of an elegant East Side ad-

dress. The plot revolves around the

efforts of Jim Cromwell, an ambitious

young advertising executive, to secure

an apartment for his non-WASP pros-

pective client whose multi-million

dollar account is vital to Jim s agency.

In the process, his efforts lay bare the

interwoven lives of other occupants,

revealing their we/l-kept personal se-

crets and politely hidden religious

prejudices.