This novel chronicles one week in the life of Kenny Becker, a young door-to-door salesman who throws away a stagnant, albeit loving, relationship with his amateur-singer girlfriend, La Donna. Kenny is the living, breathing definition of a sex addict, and when he banishes La Donna from his life, he is left to his own lascivious devices. It's the story of a lonely, depraved Valentine's week in New York City circa 1978. When Kenny isn't on the floor of his apartment doing his daily sit-ups,

—Alex Gilvarry