“Confessions of a Lapsed Altar Boy” is the generation-defining story of a baby boomer named Nathan Hale Plunkett who steadfastly believes that he will be successful, if only he can choose the path for his success and fight off the distractions of the women in his life.

Nathan had experienced a series of epiphanies in the 1970s and 1980s, the first as he lost consciousness during a botched kidnapping in northern California by a remnant of the Symbionese Liberation Army.

In the aftermath of his kidnapping, Nathan fled his home state and discovered his holy grail: to write a new history of the world. To complete his quest, Nathan moved to New York, found the mentor to help him finish his history, blackmailed a federal law enforcement officer, learned about the power of mercy, nearly killed a famous rock star, and began to envision a life spent together with his kidnapper.

Nathan’s story is narrated by a legendary advertising executive in Nixon-era America – the so-called “Mad Men.” Following the executive’s death, his daughter discovered this manuscript locked away in the desk of her late father and sought its publication because, in her words, “I like money.”

“Confessions” is intended for fans of “Mad Men” and Joan Didion, who reside in the intersection of the Venn diagram where readers of James Joyce’s “Ulysses” meet readers of John Kennedy Toole’s “A Confederacy of Dunces.”