Richard Bausch calls this, his tenth novel, "A love comedy with sorrows." The story is set in the small virginia valley town of point royal, where several Of Bausch's other novels and many of his stories take place. It i...Richard Bausch calls this, his tenth novel, "A love comedy with sorrows." The story is set in the small virginia valley town of point royal, where several Of Bausch's other novels and many of his stories take place. It is 1999; predictions of catastrophe blare on the radio, and religious fanaticism is everywhere on the rise.