Ersatz Eden

Updates Gatsby to Beverly Hills-Malibu in 1979. The writer attends garden parties and interacts with a mysterious millionaire obsessed with a beautiful but married woman. The reader observes activists for progressive causes, hears pseudo science and pseudo New Age philosophies discussed, and observes the pain of male midlife crisis. Perfect for senior citizens or liberal arts college students re: meaning of life, the universe, stoics/hedonists, existentialism, political science, law and order, romance/marriage