The Corruption of Zachary R.

Compunction and collusion drive Zachary R. He harbors disillusionment even while performing life's richest rituals: employment, courtship, marriage and fatherhood. Memories of a neurotic mother and emotionally austere father shade his adult life with ever-darkening tones. Riddled with madness, he reaches out to those who survive him, those whom he loves, those who will seek to do him harm.  Their collective path to sanity is neither uncomplicated nor without redemption. Who among them will survive the journey?