I gratefully acknowledge the assistance of Randy Anderson, Angel Castillo, Thomas Douglas Engel, John Schulian, John Macaray, Paul Basile, Ed Shohat, Maria Shohat, Judge Stanford Blake, James O. Born, and Carmen Finestra.
As always, I am indebted to my agent Albert Zuckerman at Writers House and my battalion at Bantam/Random House: Randall Klein, Kate Miciak, Kim Hovey, Lisa Barnes, and Sharon Propson.