The multi-generational saga of a Boston family of bar owners who set up shop in some of the worst, most war-torn, devastated cities in history (like Stalingrad or Hue) so as to make a bundle off of selling liquor to the survivors. In other words, war profiteers with booze. Faced with his family's mercenary past, thanks to a long-estranged aunt, the present head of the clan is faced with the fact that his comfortable life is all thanks to preying on the misery of others. And the deeper he delves into the family secrets, that life looks likely to come down around his ears...
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