Shuck is the intense, dazzling diary of Jaeven Marshall, a quasi-homeless hustler who seeks fame and fortune in New York, where he tries to manage his reputation as the city's porn star du jour when he's not dumpster diving, tweaking or trying to get published. As his dreams of becoming a literary star grow dim and his love affair with amoody painter becomes hopelessly messy, he tries to reconfigure his life by documenting obsessive lists from found trash and by hustling, which steals little pieces of his body and spreads them all over the city.