ISBN-13: 9780515149043 / Angielski / Miękka (mass market paperbound / 2011 / 416 str.
Joseph Geist takes a job as a -conversationalist- for a wealthy, enigmatic woman who offers him a place to stay in her big, beautiful house. But as his friendship with his employer evolves from conversationalist to lodger to caretaker, Joseph finds himself at odds with the woman's troubled nephew, and decides to do whatever is necessary to maintain his position.