. . "Science fiction" . "Fiction" . . "Homunculus" . "Fantasy fiction, American" . . . . . "A washed-up playwright in a failed marriage finds himself in the company of his own creation, a nasty, yet frequently charming homunculus who is eighteen inches tall and calls himself Robin. And Robin, once freed from his lifetime of confinement in Hec's over-stressed mind/body, has his own dangerous agenda that includes sex, love, and ridding Hec of his lovely wife--Jacket p. [4]." . . .