Vincent Carl Santini continues his ruminations on guilt and innocence, the persistence of memory, the inevitability of death, and the etiquette of police strip-searches. Through a series of flashbacks, Carl revisits some of his life's major turning points: confessing to his mother that he uses drugs; going for a ride with Jackie the junkie; calling his father from the police station. The story flows from serious to hilarious and back again, leading Santini to the wrong end of a gun and the question: should he break out of jail, have his brains blown out - or both?