Alles, was ist

When Lieutenant Philip Bowman returns from the Pacific War, having narrowly escaped the Battle of Okinawa, life finally lies ahead of him. He studies, takes a job at a theater magazine, and begins reading manuscripts for a publishing house. Everything seems possible in the still untamed New York. He becomes an editor at a prestigious publishing company, dines with writers, and meets Vivian Amussen, the beautiful, unattainable girl from the South. A life he could not have dreamed more perfectly - yet everything threatens to slip away from him. James Salter has written a novel about the temptations and promises of New York, the eternally seductive city, exploring themes of temptation and deception.