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Book Review of The Halloween Ball

The Halloween Ball
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"what happens when four guys confront the enormity of being thirty? If it's Sandy Stern, he worries about the fact that he's a down-and-out artist about to lose both his aprartment and his girl. If it's Joel Harlowe, a materialistic drug dealer, his charmed life in the fast lane is leading to a dead end. If it's Edmund Black, he's crushed by the weight of his past, seeking a precarious refuge in madness. And if it's George Wells, he's a waiter with an unfinished Ph.D., trying to cope with the impending death of his once powerful politician father.

So when Joel Harlowe pans the biggest, most outrageous Holloween party ever.....