Bruce Gold, a middle-aged, Jewish professor of English literature, finds himself on the brink of a golden career in politics - and not a moment too soon, as Gold yearns for an opportunity to transform a less-than-picture-perfect life: His children think little of him, his intimidating father endlessly bullies him, and his wife is so oblivious that she doesn`t even notice he`s left her. As funny as it is sad, “Good as Gold” is a story of children grown up, parents grown old, and friends and lovers grown apart - a story that is inimitably Heller.