In Mega-City One, aged citizen Jake Saradini practices a delicate human art. Human Taxidermy is a highly-skilled craft and has been a sport in the Mega-Olympics for several decades. Saradini used to compete international, has even won a bronze medal, but that was long ago. In 2116, the Mega-Olympics comes to Katmandu, Nepal. All the typical sports of the 22nd-century are represented: insulting, staring, housework, mountaineering, sex, and, of course, Human Taxidermy.