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In the midst of a brutal Congressional campaign in the great state of Michigan, retired General Walter Hooley takes a town hall stage alongside his arch political rival. While a winter storm rages outside, Hooley regales would-be voters with the astounding details of his life so far: the communes he has joined, the presidents he has tried to kill and the glory he attained on an ignominious battlefield in Southeast Asia.
None of Hooley’s stories are relevant to his campaign, and each story is more preposterous than the last. But the truth is no obstacle for a man like Hooley as he places himself at the center of a turbulent American history.