The author's absolute mastery of mood, time, and place is brilliantly evoked by the dramatic reading of Alan Cumming. Through the journal of Tim, we hear of his obsession for an older academic male, a paleontologist named Ivo, and then of his compelling, true love for Isabel, who has secrets of her own to hide. After Tim takes the ultimate step to destroy Ivo and free himself, he is haunted by guilt, mysterious letters, and ghostly sightings of the dead man. At every point the story skillfully holds off revelation until the last possible minute. A complex and compelling suspense. 2 cassettes.