It gets weirder and more surreal with a narrator for the ending.

Daniel Breaker as the Jester is as droll a narrator as he is dreamy a singer.

Inspired by Cunningham’s experience working for Barack Obama’s first White House campaign, this emotionally nuanced first novel follows the narrator, David, during his at once inspiring and dispiriting experience working for an unnamed presidential candidate.

And it is in the humble opinion of this narrator that this is not just something that happened.

There, a narrator and singer welcomes and regales guests with tales of how different Latin countries present stories of Santa Claus, or, say, the joy of unwrapping a tamale.