Fodders
While taking an airport shuttle home to attend his father's birthday party our protagonist narrator, Fodder, daydreams about the ticker tape parade the town will throw in his honor for his heroic rescue of a drowning swimmer one year ago today. After missing his stop, he is forced to walk home at dusk, is struck by a vehicle, and then arrested by police charged with a string of home invasions. When he can't provide evidence of his innocence the sheriff releases him into the custody of Doc, the proprietor of a local treatment center, pending further investigation.
When our story starts his benefactor forces him to join on a seemingly futile search for clean glass mason jars. As they scour the neighborhood for suitable containers, they meet a variety of local characters who continually mistake him for someone else. When he's finally given a chance to redeem himself, to save the actual burglar's life, he fails and is subsequently charged with felony murder.