Three years after being released from Camp Green Lake, Armpit is trying hard to keep his life on track, but when his old pal X-Ray shows up with a tempting plan to make some easy money scalping concert tickets, Armpit reluctantly goes along.

"A Note to the Reader: I grew up as the son of a man who could not possibly have been my father. Though there was never any doubt that my seed had come from another man, Moses Froben, Lo Svizzero, called me 'son.' And I called him 'father.' On the rare occasions when someone dared to ask for clarification, he simply laughed as though the questioner were being obtuse. 'Of course he's not my son!' he would say. 'Don't be ridiculous.' But whenever I...