Foreword
It seems almost an intrinsic part of human nature to envy those around us, to suppose that others are happier and better off than we are, to long for what they have.
There is the common teen-age fantasy of becoming a famous rock star or singer. The successful businessman, who secretly longs to be a football player on his favorite team. The well-known comedian who wishes he were a state senator somberly addressing an attentive Congress.
So, too, is the case with Nick Jennings and Clara Crukshank. Raised in a poverty-stricken environment, they had grown up in the certainty that money and success are the most important things in life. They reached their goals with no thought about who they've stabbed in the back or left in the dust.
And meanwhile, their day-to-day lives continue.
Nick runs a successful nightclub and whorehouse; Clara plays her role of prominent, wealthy starlet.
While at night they must attend to the whims of the sordid and the depraved.
THE WHORE MASTER -- perhaps a too-true story of many modern Americans. A novel of surpassing interest to our upwardly mobile, materialistically-oriented society.