Jeffrey Chaussier, an actor in Midwest theatres, is asked to return to New Orleans to investigate his father's death. A reluctant sleuth, he re-connects with old friends as he delves into the circumstances of his father's so-called accidental death. New Orleans is home to what his co-workers in the Midwest would think "exotic" inhabitants. To Jeff they are his friends. In the eyes of New Orleans, an ex-Marine female impersonator, a huge black dockworker with the nickname of Paul Bunyan, an ex-cop with a red face and an unslakable thirst, a four hundred pound pool shark named Skinny, and...