Kondali, Illinois, is one of those towns most people never escape. John Lazlo never thought he was one of those people, but the evidence is piling up as he nears his 10-year high school reunion. His intelligence is neglected on repairing factory engines, his passion is spent on a woman from his past, and his time is wasted on beer, scribbling lyrics to songs in a notebook, and meaningless nights with the same old friends. He's a young man who feels...