A novelist, writing the story of a love affair between a Spanish bullfighter and his American girlfriend, loses control of his characters.

A teenager experiences a series of erotic encounters in the Caribbean.

Joe travels around the country selling corrupted Bibles to support his mother in a nursing home.

A faux evangelist mocks unsuspecting people on the phone. The story of Adam and Eve is recounted.

A woman urges a French stand-up comic to stop telling jokes and speak about his real life.

The life of a violent blues singer turned minister.

A sketch of the lives of Joe's parents and friends in a luxurious Spanish-style compound in Florida.

Innovative and grandiose business failures remembered.

The black king of a liberal arts penitentiary manipulates its white gay warden.

A traffic helicopter reporter describes increasing mayhem on the freeways of Los Angeles.