When did it go wrong for the United States? One might start by asking when it started to go wrong for Harry Jones and Liz Patterson, two social dropouts who hook up with each other in Longville, Vermont, a remote fictional ski town in the American Northeast. Harry is sure that he's flunked the bar exam. Liz has become an alcoholic and has withdrawn from a prestigious Art History program. Will Harry's manic-depressive illness get the best of him?...