Eliot Waterfall, a divorced criminal defense attorney suffering a mid-life crisis, wins a billion dollars in the multi-state lottery. On a whim, he runs for President, the central theme of his campaign being to bring the country together again. His opponents for the office include Roderick Higginbotham III, a Texas billionaire with an oversized ego whose first-third wife is a trilingual businesswoman and former fashion model, Senator Dick Wrangler from the great State of Ohio, a devout evangelical Christian and closet homosexual, and the sitting Vice-President, Lindsay Buck, whose father scoured the want-ads every summer looking for free pet rabbits to feed to feed his family. Throughout the campaign, Eliot struggles with his personal life as he tries to win back his ex-wife, Alex, the only woman he has ever loved. His attempts are complicated by the rigors of the campaign and the appearance of Ivenka Larionov, a Russian supermodel with a penchant for bedding billionaires. Part political satire, part social commentary, part love story; The Lifespan of Rabbits is as good for the political junkie as it is for the hopeless romantic, a comedic romp that will keep you guessing to the end.
Eliot Waterfall, a divorced criminal defense attorney suffering a mid-life crisis, wins a billion dollars in the multi-state lottery. On a whim, he runs for President, the central theme of his campaign being to bring the country together again. His opponents for the office include Roderick Higginbotham III, a Texas billionaire with an oversized ego whose first-third wife is a trilingual businesswoman and former fashion model, Senator Dick Wrangler from the great State of Ohio, a devout evangelical Christian and closet homosexual, and the sitting Vice-President, Lindsay Buck, whose father scoured the want-ads every summer looking for free pet rabbits to feed to feed his family. Throughout the campaign, Eliot struggles with his personal life as he tries to win back his ex-wife, Alex, the only woman he has ever loved. His attempts are complicated by the rigors of the campaign and the appearance of Ivenka Larionov, a Russian supermodel with a penchant for bedding billionaires. Part political satire, part social commentary, part love story; The Lifespan of Rabbits is as good for the political junkie as it is for the hopeless romantic, a comedic romp that will keep you guessing to the end.