When Francis Conroy wakes up one morning in an unfamiliar bed, with a wife he's never met before, in a house he's never seen in a country he left as a child, he has no idea what sort of a confusd, extraordinary and ultimately uplifting adventure he is embarking on. This novel is a fictional account of how one man's decision, made many years previously, can significantly affect, directly and indirectly, the lives of many people. The story follows the movements of Francis through some very humourous situations and disturbing events after he is caught up in an exceptionally strange phenomenon...