This is the very funny and farcical tale of two hapless housemates and their toxic relationship. Cecil Cecile, a walking anachronism, is the poor sap on the receiving end of the oikish Norbert Spratt's many cruel practical jokes. That is, until, the best trick ever turns their world on its head and leads to the most moronic of quests, in which they encounter ghosts, love, Comprehension Centres(?), Pontiac Firebirds, peas cooked in sherry and the awful truth."

John-Paul Jeffers is in trouble: his school is a haven for bullies, his teachers don't care much for him, and now he's fallen quite hopelessly for a girl in his class. But he has a fighter's spirit - if not body - and a comic mind, and he needs them as he struggles to break free and come to terms with himself and his world.