The Definite Object: A Romance of New York

On the eve of his thirty-fifth birthday, Geoffrey Ravenslee stands in a mansion full of money and empty of purpose. A disillusioned millionaire decides to shed his gilded cage and venture into the wilds of Hell's Kitchen, disguised as a penniless loafer. What begins as a comically botched burglary by a streetwise urchin named Spike becomes an unlikely friendship, and Ravenslee finds himself navigating a New York that exists far beyond his marble corridors. His quest for a mysterious definite object, both literal prize and metaphorical longing, drives him through tenements, saloons, and the vibrant, gritty pulse of early twentieth-century Manhattan. Along the way, he discovers that the greatest discoveries aren't found at all they're stumbled into, in the company of thieves, working girls, and the honest poor who have more wealth than he ever counted. Farnol writes with wit and warmth about a man who had everything except a reason to get out of bed, and what happens when he finally learns to want the right things.