New Yorker Barry Cohen ? who earns more in a day than most of us will in our best year ? has hit rock bottom. He's under investigation for fraud. His wife hates him. And his two-year-old autistic son confounds him. So he runs away. Boarding ä Greyhound bus he takes to the road looking to rediscover the man he was before success and excess spoiled him. But crossing a beaten and broken America, his eyes are opened to heartbreak and pain. Failure is everywhere ? he's not alone. So why is he so lonely ? Perhaps his old college sweetheart Layla can tell him ? if he can find her.