A Magnificently Useless Man

Howard Plunkett has a master's degree in philosophy, eleven binders of unread treatise, a green corduroy sport coat, and no income whatsoever. He also has a vacant lot next door that he considers a sacred commons—until a tech entrepreneur announces plans to pave it into a co-working space with a kombucha bar. What follows is a one-man crusade of petitions, public access television, folding-table catastrophes, and municipal warfare that will cost Howard everything except his opinions.