Having Everything — John L'Heureux

A Harvard Dean with a perfect life discovers a dark side he never knew he had -- or wanted -- in this “sharp, moving, poignant” novel (The Washington Post Book World).
 
Philip Tate is a man who has everything -- youthful looks, a beautiful wife and loving family, and a distinguished deanship at Harvard. But a night-time drive will lead Philip to jeopardize everything in a moment's flirtation with the forbidden.
 
For on that drive he will meet the Kizers: beautiful, troubled Dixie and brilliant, kinky Hal. And by stepping into the Kizers' house and into the midst of their sad marriage, Philip sets in motion the near ruin -- and perhaps the salvation -- of his entire world . . .
 
In a “heavily ironic chronicle of professional success, inward misery, and middle-aged sexual guilt,” John L' Heureux reminds us that sometimes -- in both marriage and life -- having everything is not enough (Publishers Weekly).