Summary: Summary: Norman Bray is 56, a deluded, self-obsessed actor who no longer acts. Through sheer stupidity, Norman has defaulted on his mortgage payments for the Toronto house left him by his wife who died in a car crash three years earlier. On the same day, he loses his job as the lead voice in Timmy Taxi, a children's TV show. Norman has a 270-pound sister, Margaret, who suffers from "insidious fatigue and mild agoraphobia," and two adult stepchildren, Amy and David. None of them can help Norman out of his quandary because Norman constantly misinterprets what people think of him. He is forever going on about being "an artist" and waiting to ambush people who would question his abilities. Norman Bray is also a bit of a drunk, with a powerful taste for brandy, although anything will do in a pinch.