Part 1 of 4 Life seems pretty good for our protagonist. The Iowa native and aspiring writer arrives in Malibu, California, for an assistant editor job at a well-known luxury magazine, which comes with myriad perks, from expensive sports cars to lavish vacations. The recent college graduate is handsome, outgoing, and hardworking-but it's August 2007, the global economy is about to implode, and he starts an affair with an older woman who's married to...