Brutus is the loudest and youngest of thirteen children. He is eccentric, self-important, and defiantly unconventional. Living in squalor with a one-legged alcoholic in a ditch under the interstate, he decides to move in with his brother, where he parks himself on the sofa and simply gets fatter.

The family soon stages an intervention, and with grudging support from his twelve siblings, they move Brutus into his own apartment.

Left to his own devices, Brutus stares out at the city, scavenges for signs of the previous tenant, and trolls the Internet for companionship, all but forcing...