Honorable Men Author:Louis Auchincloss This novel chronicles the life of Chip Benedict, from his Connecticut boyhood in the 1930s to his resignation of a post in the Johnson administration in protest at the Vietnam War. Benedict is blessed with a seemingly perfect life, which he tries to live honorably, but his rigid moral code becomes a kind of tyranny. His version of events alterna... more »tes with that of his wife, from whom he finally separates.« less