It's 1949, and the World War II veteran has a thirty-year mortgage on a suburban subdivision and a wife with the seven-year itch. His job is pointless and his friends are hypocrites, drunks, and bigots. When America announces its involvement in Korea, it's time for Harry to take charge - and drop out. Three months later, he resurfaces in a Central American backwater as Harry Kraft, a small-time smuggler whose plans include books, broads, and booze - and staying out of trouble. But the government he left behind is about to put the screws to his adopted homeland. Like it or not, Harry's in the middle of an international conflict between the government of Guatemala, the Communists, and the CIA.