Three of Hearts

THREE OF HEARTS or "What Love Does" is a milder novel than A PEACEABLE KINGDOM, with fewer dark clouds. It is the story of three characters, their loves, and the surprising way in which their lives interact. First, there is Horace, the eccentric, reclusive Past President of The American Metaphysical Society; second, Bernard, an empathic elevator man who works in an old, downtown Chicago Hotel; and third, there's the star of our show, Felix, the irrepressible and impulsive malcontent, lover and poet, whose poetry appears throughout the story. Beyond the aforementioned three and their sweethearts, a seventh character, a bit player named Kyle, a neo-hippie who walks the streets of Madison, Wisconsin holding a sign aloft that reads: "THINGS ARE NOT AS THEY APPEAR" makes his brief appearances only when it matters most.