Fifteen-year-old Howie Loses Just About Everything And Everyone In The Space Of A Single Week, But Ends Up Finding Himself In The Process. His Mother Has Just Died. His Father, A Corrupt Building Contractor, Can Barely Keep Tabs On His Young Girlfriend, Let Alone His Own Son. Thusly, The Teen Must Navigate His Adolescence Virtually Unsupervised. Floating Towards An Ill-behaved Existence, Howie And His Crowd Begin Robbing Houses In The Middle-class Neighborhoods Off The Long Island Expressway. Together, He And His Best Friend Gary Break Into A Place Belonging To An Old Guy Named Big John, A Local Man Who Is A Respected Pillar Of The Community. When Big John Fingers Gary For The Crime, Howie Learns That His Pal Has Been Leading The Secret, Dangerous Life Of A Gay Hustler. Subsequently, We Also Discover That Big John Is A Pedophile.