Officialdom: Starting Over Later in Life After Divorce and Unemployment

Laid off in middle age, his marriage in ruins, hounded by petty enemies, and his father gravely ill: when life hits rock bottom, it's time to rise up.

After finally securing a civil service post later in life, I will fulfill my duties as a disciplinary inspection official, defend party discipline and the laws of the land, and safeguard fairness and justice.

This is the struggle of a middle-aged man.