Kenneth Trachtenberg, the witty and eccentric narrator of
"More Die of Heartbreak," has left his native Paris for the
Midwest. He has come to be near his beloved uncle, the
world-renowned botanist Benn Crader, self-described aplant
visionary.a While his studies take him around the world, Benn, a
restless spirit, has not been able to satisfy his longings after
his first marriage and lives from affair to affair and from abliss
to breakdown.a Imagining that a settled existence will end his
anguish, Benn ties the knot again, opening the door to a flood of
new torments. As Kenneth grapples with his own problems involving
his unusual lady-friend Treckie, the two men try to figure out why
gifted and intelligent people invariably find themselves aknee-deep
in the garbage of a personal life.a
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