具体描述
The world-famous author of Rich Man.
Poor Man and Beggarman, Thief has cre-
ated one of his most memorable charac-
ters for one of his most unusualnovels:
a brilliantly writteu story of a man who
needs to risk death to feel fully alive, a
man who turns away from a conrfortablc.
outwardly successful life toward danger-
ous pleasures.
Michael Storrs s joy comes from physi-
cal dangcr as a parachutist, a surfer a
hang glider, a free faller, a reckless skier.
Oppressed by his life in Ncw York City,
hc feels choked by his career as an execu-
tive in a high-powered office, choked by
the airless world of air-conditioned towers.
His own sanity depends on his finding
a purer, silnpler, more vigorous existence.
aud he sets out to scarch for one. even
though he loses his wife in the process.
