Henry Farber, a well-meaning psychiatrist, is forced into hiding when the nations chief executivea narcissistic autocrat in his disastrous second termis found dead on the consulting room couch. From an isolated bungalow, Farber sets out to clear his name while offering an intimate view of a flawed populist leader. What begins as comic mystery and political satire matures into a moving journey of self-exploration and a commentary on the fate of truth-telling in an era when lying has become a norm in public life.
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