When his well-intentioned lie appears to have contributed to a man's suicide, Terpin's resolve to never again act or speak, except by the truth in his heart, has far-reaching consequences.
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Your life should express what you truly believe.Terpin Taft is happy to tell people what they want to hear, even ifit means stretching the truth a bit. Until the day he meets a stranger on a train and tells the man a consoling lie. The results are so disastrous that Terpin resolves never again to speak or act except by the truth in his heart. But this, too, has disastrous -- if sometimes comical -- results. Elegantly written, terpin is a modern fable that emphasizes the importance of being true to one’s own values -- no matter what.
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