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General Information

Name:  Stuart V. Goldberg  

Genre: Fiction

Audience: Adult;

Born:

Ichor Press. 2010

The ONE and ONLY

A story of shattering obsession -- when everything you've always wanted isn't enough.

A romantic, psychological thriller about an obsessed collector who seeks out the rarest things in the world.

THE CHARACTER:
Rene Sorrell. With a a quintessence of character and subtle understanding of the entire moral mechanism of this world, Rene Sorrell, 44, six feet of refinement, controlled charm, instinct, and vision, believes in only one thing -- his own alchemy. Revenging himself upon a world that he knows is out of control, he is convinced he can achieve complete mastery through a singular act of possession. With an obsession for the rarest things in life, he searches out only the priceless, the unique, the one-of-a-kind, and collects them. Living life an an unbelievable pitch of refinement, he exists in a world of his own creation.

THE ONE:
Saira DuFour.

THE ANTAGONISTS:
Themselves.

THE PSYCHOLOGICAL CONDITION:
Enantiodromia. Sooner or later everything seeks out its opposite.

THE FRONT COVER:
A Doctor's Lady. In China, for centuries, the recognized standard of propriety did not permit Chinese women to disrobe before a male doctor. In order to meet this restriction, the Chinese doctor always carried an ivory diagnostic figure known as a Doctor's Lady. He would pass the nude female figurine to his patient with the request, "Point to where it hurts."