"Rock Manning lives and breathes slapstick comedy, and his whole life is an elaborate tribute to the masters, like Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, and Jackie Chan. With his best friend Sally Hamster, he creates joyfully chaotic short movies that are full of mayhem and silliness. But Rock and Sally are becoming famous at a time of unrest, when America's economy has collapsed and people are taking refuge in highly addictive drugs ... As America becomes more mired in violence and destruction, Rock Manning's zany comedy films become the escapist fun that everybody needs"--Dust jacket flap.