The story of Frank and April Wheeler, a bright, beautiful and talented couple who have lived on the assumption that greatness is just around the corner. With heartbreaking compassion and remorseless clarity, Richard Yates shows how they mortgage their spiritual birthright, betraying themselves and each other.

Yates' classic novel of suburban disillusionment is now a major motion picture from DreamWorks, opening in theaters on December 25 2008 and reuniting the stars of "Titanic," Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet.