George and Fraser are at turning points in their lives. Fraser is a disgraced TV preacher in Scotland and George, also Scottish, has been told he has incurable cancer. George abandons his wife and teen daughter without a word and travels to Paris. Fraser gets invited to an evangelical convention in the US and travels to Florida before attending the convention in Alabama.
When in Paris, George meets the love of his life, Claudette, a woman of grace, charm, intelligence and great beauty. She hasn't had much luck with men, though. They all tend to die on her. And now she has George and he has been honest with her that he abandoned his family and is dying. But that doesn't phase Claudette. She is determined George will not die on her like all her past lovers have.
Meanwhile, in Florida, Fraser gets mugged and left for dead in an alley. Amazingly, his muggers return for him and load him into their vehicle, promising to take him to his meeting in Alabama. Along the way, they collect a motley crew of followers, Fraser now being regarded as some kind of prophet or visionary after having had an epiphany while unconscious in the alley, visions which included George, whom he knew as a schoolmate back in Scotland, and the dead psychiatrist Carl Jung, who visits Fraser quite often in Fraser's dreams.
This is a whacky, fun read with lots of digressions and general weirdness. I enjoyed immensely.
Here is a review by Kirkus Reviews.
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