Marc Ward has been a traveling salesman since the late 1970's. It's now ten years later and he's realized that there's very little difference between him and a catalog. So with $30,000 in the bank to fund a year of figuring out what's next, he's quitting.

But not before he has to spend a week training his replacement, a brash young kid named Eddie Kent. Eddie will observe Marc as he navigates the day-to-day grind and the welcome interruptions of a big client, a pretty girl and an enterprising antique dealer. All of whom present Marc with a different option for his future.

As is his nature, Eddie entangles himself in Marc's relationships, helping to develop some and shatter others.

Set in 1989, arguably the twilight of the classic traveling salesman, against the backdrop of the crumbling semi-conductor industry, The Aristocrat tells the story of a group of people for whom everything is a product. Whether it be money, love or escape, it is inevitable that someone sweat for it or bled for it.

Their only question is, "Is it what I want?