Lorenzostein is a 'campus novel', part of a genre that includes Changing Places, by David Lodge, and Straight Man, by Richard Russo. It is the story of a young academic who is a bit different from the most of us in that he has an overwhelming fixation on sex and is quite paranoid. Furthermore, in the course of the story he comes to feel that he is a Christ-like figure who has come to save humanity. The story begins with Lorenzostein's early life, his relationship with his wife, and his paranoid feelings about his wife's fidelity. It then introduces us to his young undergraduate mistress and...