Philip Phenomenon

Harper Ketch has a deliciously sleazy system for picking up girls, eliciting their sympathy via the old "e;dead wife"e; routine. His scant requirements: a complete lack of shame, and a couple of basic props - his pre-divorce wedding ring, and a picture of the tragic young wife in question. Never mind that the latter is just an old photograph of a complete stranger that he fished out of the trash. ...