FTP, name this 2000 work, based on the life of Allan Bloom and written by his friend Saul Bellow.
The title character of this roman a clef thinks nothing of spending $4500 on a designer jacket and ruining it with espresso later that day, nor does he mind lavishing gifts on his young male Asian lover, Nikki.  After his death, the book's narrator and his wife Rosamund go to Saint Martin, where Chick almost dies of food poisoning.  FTP, name this 2000 work, based on the life of Allan Bloom and written by his friend Saul Bellow.
The title character of this roman a clef thinks nothing of spending $4500 on a designer jacket and ruining it with espresso later that day, nor does he mind lavishing gifts on his young male Asian lover, Nikki.  
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