Tony, the protagonist, is a lacklustre 60-year-old whose conventional life has featured a job in arts administration, fatherhood, and an amicable divorce.
France's government wanted an amicable solution.
"I saw early on that the union was not, in my opinion, looking to have amicable conversations with the administration.
Those interruptions may still take place, but even jaded gay rights activists seem eager to find more amicable ground with the administration.
The Canadian government's readout of the "very amicable" call was five times longer and described pushback to the Trump administration's plans.
But if the Codey administration is making modest progress on getting its two star tenants to come to an amicable arrangement, time is not on their side.
One could argue that Colin Powell (who incidentally has a babyface) was the warm, amicable, level-headed contrast amid the brash, hot-headed, confrontational leadership of the Bush administration.
How amicable is too amicable?
The parting seems amicable.
