Chester Schneider, a bitter, self-exiled American of German descent, is a dedicated curmudgeon. In Argentina, he strikes up a friendship with a shady German expatriate. When flushed out of that country, Chet flees to Germany in search of his friend's "lost" daughter. There he meets a semirecluse semicelebrity and a Vietnamese laborer. Both aid in a quest replete with welcome, if unexpected, rewards.
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