Garol Schand is a thirty-four-year-old furniture salesman and former star college quarterback sidelined by alcoholism, dyslexia, and hysterical anxiety. When Garol wakes in a full body cast he is forced to deal with his past failures and present predicament exacerbated by a zany nurse, a benevolent chess-playing postmaster, and his own plastic doppelganger. Set in an isolated a desert oasis, The Weight is a ...Full description
Garol Schand is a thirty-four-year-old furniture salesman and former star college quarterback sidelined by alcoholism, dyslexia, and hysterical anxiety. When Garol wakes in a full body cast he is forced to deal with his past failures and present predicament exacerbated by a zany nurse, a benevolent chess-playing postmaster, and his own plastic doppelganger. Set in an isolated a desert oasis, The Weight is a surreal comedy with a quirky perspective on dealing with addiction, self-loathing, and the meaning of existence.