Donald Foley

After his parents die leaving him and his siblings to fend for themselves, Michael learns of an underground fight club where he can make money. Despite warnings, Michael remains unaware of what's at stake and is lured in by the promise of fortune.

Three retired sea captains living together in genteel squalor. They scheme to improve their fortunes by having one of them solicit a bride through an ad in a Boston newspaper. The loser of a coin toss must get married and take in the other two as boarders. But upon the arrival of the Nantucket woman selected from the applicants, the captains get cold feet.

Set in a world where the concept of lying doesn't exist, a loser changes his lot when he invents lying and uses it to get ahead.