Jill and Jim: A Novel of Sexual Obsession

Jill Hanson, a successful computer programmer in Seattle, finds herself enmeshed in a strange relationship with a working-class man, Jim Falk. Remaining in the relationship almost in spite of herself, she begins to wonder whether something in her past has led to take up with such an unsuitable partner. She provides a kind of "sexual autobiography"-telling of her tortured involvements with men over the years-and coaxes Jim into revealing facets of his own sexual past. This novel of sexual obsession ends with a spectacular climax you'll never forget