The Trouble With Francis

Francis, gentle and kind, is convinced that all relationships can succeed. He marries melancholic Kim, believing that through his love and compassion her emotional issues would resolve themselves. He marries his second wife, Janet, even though he suspects that she would have preferred a more assertive type of man. He invites Abel to become his partner, even though he knows him to be aggressive and self-centered.
The story unfolds in London, where Francis courts Kim; in Tel Aviv, where Franc...