The Motion of the body through space a novel
Newly retired Remington announces to his wife, Serenata, that he is going to run a marathon--this from a sedentary sixty-year-old who's never done a lick of exercise in his life. As he joins the cult of fitness that increasingly consumes the Western world, her once-modest husband becomes an unbearable narcissist. When he sets his sights on a grueling triathlon, Serenata is sure he'll end up injured or dead. Even if he survives, their marriage may...