Slam isa bright and acerbic depiction of the slacker culture of Texas and a testament toa lost and found generation. Dave stepped out of Bastrop Federal Prison aftera six-month stretch for tax evasion and into the home of one MargueriteJohnson, a.k.a. the Old Lady. The Old Lady passed on, leaving her house and herfortune to her twenty-three cats. But the cats need a caretakeror so hethinks. There are others with an eye on the Johnson estate, and soon Dave iscaught up in a whirlwind of anarchists, gold diggers, skateboard punks,lawyers, hackers, and arsonistsa population of dropouts and misfits who willdo anything to avoid doing anything.