A unique volume that includes both the original novel version of Ideal, and the story"s final incarnation as a play. Ideal follows actress Kay Gonda as she pleads for help from six of her most avid fans: an upstanding family man, an activist, an artist, an evangelist, a wealthy playboy, and a lost soul. To each she says that she is wanted by the police for murder and needs to hide. By the end of the night she has tested the integrity of six people who claim that she is their ideal.