Benarty's lament

"In ... Victorian England, Benarty, a prosperous young Englishman, finds his ever-protected existence deeply disturbed by a mysterious young American known as Tam. Bitterly jealous of Tam's far-flung adventuring and enviable certainties, Benarty half welcomes the upheaval, and against his better judgment, crosses the Atlantic. Constantly torn between the life he has abandoned in London and the perilous landscapes of the American Southwest, he is stunned to discover the truth about Tam's identity."--Page 4 of cover.