What do an organic farmer, a squirrel, a nineteenth century composer of minstrel songs, a Civil War surgeon, an unsuccessful musician, a dominatrix, an incompetent worker at a co-op, a couple of power crazed cops and a prehistoric flint knapper have in common?

Who is real and who is unreal? Why do we sometimes like bad people and dislike good people? Why is Hell easy to depict in art, while Heaven is so difficult? The answers to these and other timeless questions can be found in this short, quirky novel.