Edward has been blessed with an abundance of “experience,” first when his mother dies, and then when his father shoehorns him into a private boys' school where he's tortured and groomed.  Edward is looking for his place in the universe and an understanding of women. This novel follows him from age 14 to 45, as he stumbles into high school romance, careens through dorm life, whirls into a tornado of love problems as a mini-mart owner in a trailer park in Alabama, and aims for a film career in Los Angeles.