 However, he feels he cannot accept the call because of the shame that his family bears due to the antics of his Uncle James and (he suspects) his father.On the same day as he receives the call from his chapel, he learns that Uncle James has died in prison in Birmingham.Desperate to find whether Uncle James might have said anything to anyone about his father before he died, he travels to Birmingham and, following a complex sequence of events, comes face to face with his father.