A congressional adviser and habituof a cozy circuit of bars inside theBeltway Joel Lingeman never quite felt middleaged. At least not until he wasabandoned by h... » 

A congressional adviser and habituof a cozy circuit of bars inside theBeltway Joel Lingeman never quite felt middleaged. At least not until he wasabandoned by his partner of fifteen years and suddenly thrust into a datingscene with men half his age and no discernible trace of love handles. But thisunexpected hole in his life inspires Joels search for a 1964 edition ofanEsquirelike magazine that contained a swimsuit ad that obsessed and hauntedhim throughout his youth. Determined to find out what happened to the modelshown in the ad Joel slowly begins to understand what has happened to his ownlife. Sexy smart and deftly observed Man About Town is a new twist on theidea that the personal is political and a must read for anyone whos everwondered what happened to that first crush. «