He reflected in future retrospect on the evening and foretold every gesture, every word. "I cant do it," he said. "I can predict everything that will happen from the moment they arrive to the little kiss on the cheek goodbye and I just cant goddamn do it."

The Dinner Party immerses us in the comic and strange realities of modern life, as we journey through the lives of the unlovable, the unloved, and those who love too much: Jack, who nervously tries to befriend the surly removal man by buying him a latte and a croissant