Grandma Mugwump, Doug's grandmother, is born male. She becomes a woman by devouring female flesh. These delirious stories never add up to a plot that you can follow. The book is like a labyrinth with no exits. Time flows backward.
Events precede their causes.
The past is not recovered by this method. Rather, even the present moment turns into a story. It becomes distant and unreal, already drowned in the past. But Grandma Mugwump is that abyss, in person. Her monstrous figure is the focus of every story.