Escher Smallwater cant sleep in. Thats the least of his problems. Two years shy of thirty and recently laid off from his job in advertising, Escher has a lot to deal with in his life right now. Forced to make some changes since losing his job, his lifestyle is gone and suddenly the American Dream seems more like a nightmare. As Corporate Charlie bares his darker side by way of recessions and hiring freezes, Escher has found himself with more time to reassess his life, and hes mad as hell. He will never be a rock star or date a supermodel. He doesnt get carded at bars anymore, teenagers now think of him as creepy, and he prefers VH1 over MTV. Hes never been in love, his career path has essentially disappeared and somehow, he and his neighbors have inadvertently become the drug kingpins of St. Louis. A life once filled with Ikea catalogs and cubicles now consist of consumer guerillaism, lesbian strippers and a gold-toothed thug named Mo-Mo. All this and an impending high school reunion.
