The Contingency Man

Matt is a slovenly Adonis and unrepentant moocher. After trading on his good looks and charm for twenty-nine years he has bombed out of university yet again. When his father decides to cut him off financially he turns to odd jobs and dog walking to keep up with his satellite television payments and beer expenses. Enter next-door neighbor Jillian whose greatest talent is spending other people's money. She has pursues stardom over a series of middling acting jobs stretched over fifteen years. A dawning realization that her acting won't pan out compels Jillian to direct her quest for fame and wealth elsewhere. When an accident involving Matt's incorrigible dog a drop sheet and a couple of cans of paint suddenly makes Matt the new darling of the art world our antihero discovers the fun and hazards of thoroughly unearned overnight success. Now everyone is looking to the Contingency Man to solve their problems.