Chapter 1. Which is mostly about names and family relationships -- Chapter 2. Which is mostly about the things that happen after funerals -- Chapter 3. In which there is a family reunion -- Chapter 4. Which concludes with an evening of wine, women and song -- Chapter 5. In which we examine the many consequences of the morning after -- Chapter 6. In which Fat Charlie fails to get home, even by taxi -- Chapter 7. In which Fat Charlie goes a long way -- Chapter 8. In which a pot of coffee comes in particularly useful -- Chapter 9. In which Fat Charlie answers the door and spider encounters flamingos -- Chapter 10. In which Fat Charlie sees the world and Maeve Livingstone is dissatisfied -- Chapter 11. In which Rosie learns to say no to strangers and Fat Charlie acquires a lime -- Chapter 12. In which Fat Charlie does several things for the first time -- Chapter 13. Which proves to be unlucky for some -- Chapter 14. Which comes to several conclusions.

His past marked by his father's embarrassing taunts and untimely death, Fat Charlie meets the brother he never knew and is introduced to new and exciting ways to spend his time.