New York, NY: Broadway Books (1998)

A combination of Ichabod Crane and Abe Lincoln, Thomas Chippering is living the real American love story. His ex-wife, the faithless Lorna Sue, left him for a suntanned tycoon in Tampa. Chippering's new prospect, Mrs. Robert Kooshof, is attractive, demanding, and of course already married. And the miniskirted young ladies at the Minnesota college where Chippering teaches? Moody, untrustworthy. But nubile... Through this hilarious, brilliantly inventive swath of characters and locales, Tomcat in Love introduces a completely fresh perspective on the chaotic, self-delusional atmosphere of romance in our time. As Chippering reaches the breaking point and goes for all out, red-blooded revenge, Tim O'Brien tells his most daring, and his most human, tale to date.