Lloyd Canard is a simple, below average man struggling through a life fraught with greater than average bad luck. In a mere week of this man's miserable life: Lloyd Canard suffers encounters with idiotic supervisors; moronic subordinates; a nagging wife; a bratty teen daughter; is attacked by a drunk cashier; is accused of killing an already dead cat; is forced to attend an animal lovers conference; has his lunch snatched by an aggressive, overweight vegetarian; is chased by a mob; berated by a mime; suspected of being a terrorist; accidentally caught up in a pedophile sting; is pursued by a dim-witted detective; is on a plane with mechanical problems; faces a near death out-of-body experience and still much more. In the end Lloyd escapes all of these trials without serious injury or prosecution. He even feels somewhat content to be back in the everyday tedium of his miserable life. http: //lloydcanard.pruden.net