Billy halleck, good husband and loving father, is both beneficiary and victim of the American good life: he has an expensive home, a nice family, and a rewarding career as a lawyer.but he is also fifty pounds overweight ...Billy halleck, good husband and loving father, is both beneficiary and victim of the American good life: he has an expensive home, a nice family, and a rewarding career as a lawyer.but he is also fifty pounds overweight and edging into heart attack country.