内容简介：
This Side of Forever begins in 1975, one year after the untimely death of protagonist Robert Hadleyas wife in an airplane crash. Her death has devastated Robert, rendering him unable to stay in Villefranche, Sur-Mer, on the French Riviera, where they had spent many happy years. He returns to the life he once knew as a Navy and Merchant Marine sailor, beginning a nomadic journey of rediscovery. When his wanderings take him back to New York, he decides to try to build a new life on land. He meets up with an old shipmate from the Navy, a retired cop named Desmond Molloy, who owns a very popular midtown Manhattan bar with his wife, Chandler. Along the way, Robert meets a plethora of fascinating street characters. Thereas even a chance at new love when Robert meets Cora Hollis. But all of that comes to a halt when one night in an after-hours club an attempt is made on his lifea]