Jason R. M. Maffettone is an insufferable malcontent and under-achiever who delights in acts of petty vandalism and the wanton disrespect of his betters. He is a menial laborer without even the decency to be ashamed of it. Recently freed from indentured servitude to the government and a lovely stay at Walter Reed, he now resides in his ancestral New Jersey where he will doubtless come to a bad end.