Pursuit of the Prodigal Author:Louis Auchincloss From the jacket: "[This book] tells the story of a rebel, a mature man born to wealth, social position, and the influence they guarantee, who forsakes his wife and children, quits the confortable world of Parmelee Cove, the family estate on Long Island, spurns the family law firm, even the family money, to see what love and glory life has for hi... more »m with his wits and merit--as a man and not an institution."« less