Cliff, in his sixties, is left by his wife who falls in love with a friend of childhood .... and dispossessed of his farm that was his life, so he decides to take the road in order to cross all states US with the intention of writing a guide in which he would rename them and describe birds that are sy. This road trip faster looping and there is a "real crossing of the desert". We get lost in unnecessary descriptions of lovemaking (or sex ... too vulgar for my taste tad) of our hero and his dishes which are of little more interest. A character interested me, the famous Doctor A, no-nonsense friend outspoken, flirty old macho whose remarks lacked neither spicy, nor originality nor cynical humor. He has given a bit of interest in my reading