"In John Guare's classic play The House of Blue Leaves ... the Pope is visiting New York, and eighteen-year-old Ronnie goes AWOL from the army to come home to the city to blow up the Pontiff as he passes his house. In Chaucer in Rome, Guare reverses the situation. It is the Holy Year of 2000, and Ron and his wife come to Rome to search for their son."--Page 4 of cover.