Stark Raving Mad plot
His debut novel Below Ground turns eccentric horror author Ian Stark into a literary sensation. A fantastic twist in the life of Henry McNeely, his editor, were it not for the fact that Ian is a born prankster who pushes him to the brink of a nervous breakdown. Ian lives in his loft apartment with Jake Donovan, his brainless assistant, and the mutt Edgar. Girl next door Maddie Keller, runs the bar at the bottom of the apartment complex, but seems to entertain this trio more often. Henry's snobbish girlfriend Tess Faraday is the fifth wheel of this motley crew.