Henderson, a troubled middle-aged man, decides to go to Africa to escape the complications and sadness that plague him at home. Henderson is a large man, often bumbling and loud, with a surprising physical appearance and great physical strength. He has a distinguished family, and his father, a famous author, left him three million dollars when he died. He is a World War II veteran and a pig farmer, but has a secret desire in his heart to become a doctor. His first wife, Frances, laughs at this desire.
Henderson is plagued by a voice inside his heart that says, I want, and he seeks salvation from and satisfaction of this longing in a number of ways, through playing the violin, drinking, shouting at his wife, but none make him feel better. He believes his wife Lily.....
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