At age twenty-two, she wrote it as her thesis for Columbia University's graduate creative writing program.

[1] It was published by Viking in hardback and by Penguin in paperback, and was translated into 13 languages, including French, Turkish, and Hebrew.

"[4] Kirkus Reviews noted that it "combines the techniques of Thomas McGuane with bits of Lolita and The Picture of Dorian Gray.

"[5] Nude Men is about a twenty-nine-year-old man who is sexually pursued by a "precocious 11-year-old... who makes Lolita look like a Girl Scout.

"[6] The novel explores the man's horror at his own attraction, and recounts his efforts at resisting her persistent advances.