Found on the Bottom

An endearing tale of the hapless and the clueless. Orton Spotswood’s splendid suburban isolation is rudely disturbed by news of a homicide. Although by nature a man of “decorous and genteel prevarication when it comes to matters of heroism,” Spotswood is goaded into action by his long-serving (and long-suffering) girlfriend. Events unfold, some of which even threaten to spoil his appetite. A tech-sector billionaire, a corrupt politician, precocious college students, the California Highway Patrol, and the DA’s hatchet man nip at his heels. Tormented by freeway hallucinations, but grounded in televised sports and truck stop epiphanies, he soldiers on with unbroken spirit.