NY: Ticknor & Fields, 1991. First Edition. 6 X 9. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0899199658. An after-disaster novel Mister Touch is the epic story of a trek across the United States by a band of survivors after human life has been all but wiped out by a viral epidemic. At once a tale of destruction and rebirth, of frightening disaster and triumphant survival, Malcolm Bosses towering novel is storytelling of the highest order.