From the outside, it seems Joe Mix should be happy. He�� got a healthy family, a successful practice, and plenty of time for sports cars and leisurely golfing at the country club. But lately the little things have been getting to him, and a new emptiness seems to be overtaking his life. Convinced he�� feeling something much deeper than a textbook midlife crisis, Joe Mix loads his truck with two packed duffel bags and his dog and calls the office to tell his receptionist he�� not coming to work��ver again. In the spirit of Updike�� Rabbit, Run, The Mulligan relates Joe Mix�� journey with clarity and poignancy, appealing to that part in all of us that wonders what it would be like to get a do-over��o walk away from the mindless day-to-day life in which we��e entrenched ourselves to seek something better.