Theophilus North: A Novel

An exhausted 29-year-old teacher, Theophilus North, arrives in Newport, Rhode Island in the summer of 1926. To support himself he takes jobs in the wealthy homes of families living along Ocean Drive. The book traces the adventures of this modern Gulliver as he plays the roles of tutor, spy, confidante, lover, friend and enemy in the colorful tension-filled upstairs and downstairs world of Newport in the golden 1920s. The novel raises gentle but trenchant questions about what's important, the nature and role of youth, and what wealth does to those who have it and those who do not.