A dive bar in an upstate town hires an armless piano player whose gifts are more than musical.
This is a quiet and haunting story about grief, wrapped in what could easily be the setup for a much more satirical and lighthearted story – not only the armless pianist, but also the demise of a previous resident in a racoon incident and the general oddness of the bar’s band. That it manages to be moving and strange against such a strange backdrop is quite an achievement.