Set in a Jewish (New York) household where a mezuzah rather than a crucifix seems to work better -- after the hiring of a South American maid, after the death of Fran's good friend (heart attack? Fran knows otherwise), after the friend's husband decamps and twelve-year-old son vandalizes their house, after Dave's old mother Bubba is charred to death, and finally after their mutual friend -- a psychiatrist whom Fran consults -- is no more immune to the diabolism which goes by the strange word Taguapica. . .