Shame! Shame! Shame! Mary Gaitskil you are a plagiarist! My first novel, VERONICA PROFIT WAS COPYRIGHTED IN 2003! YOU HAVE STOLEN theme, plot, and phrasing from me-Rebecca Thrower! How dare you! The UNIVERSE, YOUR GOD, AND YOUR DEMONS WILL PUNISH YOU FOR the truly hedonist theft of MY NOVEL, VERONICA PROFIT!