Francis Seed is an alienated and dying fortysomething-year-old in search of spiritual meaning. His need to answer the big questions about life, love, family, fear and faith sends him on a journey across America during which he comes into contact with a real-life liberal rabbi, a transvestite, a stroke survivor, a tarot card reader, a gun shop owener, a jazz musician, heavy metal rockers, a dominatrix, barflies and numerous others.