Title: A Great Disappointment for Lurie Fans
Product review: Professor Wilkie Walker, 71 years old is a world famous naturalist, the author of numerous books. Wilkie is suffering from chronic depression and plotting his own suicide, unbeknownst to his wife. In an attempt to lift his mood, his 46 year old, bland and devoted wife Jenny suggests they winter in Key West, Florida. Wilkie is self-centered and egotistical. Jenny can only be called a "Stepford Wife". Her life totally centers around Wilkie and his wants and needs. In Key West a group of equally boring characters come into the lives of the Walkers - a vapid female CPA, a handsome gardener, in the beginning stages of AIDS, an aging has-been poet and a free-spirited lesbian. I cared about none of the boring characters, and kept wishing Wilkie would finally do the deed and kill himself so we readers could be rid of him. This book was a major disappointment to someone who has been an admirer of Lurie for a long, long time
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