Kenneth Trachtenberg the witty and eccentric narrator of More Die ofHeartbreak has left his native Paris for the Midwest. He has come to be nearhis beloved uncl... » 

Kenneth Trachtenberg the witty and eccentric narrator of More Die ofHeartbreak has left his native Paris for the Midwest. He has come to be nearhis beloved uncle the worldrenowned botanist Benn Crader selfdescribedplant visionary. While his studies take him around the world Benn a restlessspirit has not been able to satisfy his longings after his first marriage andlives from affair to affair and from bliss to breakdown. Imagining that asettled existence will end his anguish Benn ties the knot again opening thedoor to a flood of new torments. As Kenneth grapples with his own problemsinvolving his unusual ladyfriend Treckie the two men try to figure out whygifted and intelligent people invariably find themselves kneedeep in thegarbage of a personal life. «