"Fup" is a Tale of Two Humans, One Duck and Several Vats of Home-Brewed Whisky. There's Grandaddy Jake Santee, 99 Years Old, an Unreformed Gambler, Cranky Reprobate and Fierce Opponent of the Work Ethic. Thanks to His Home-Distilled Hooch, Ol' Death Whisper, He Reckons He's in With Good Shot at Immortality. and Then There's Tiny, Adopted at the Age of Four by Grandaddy Jake, a Giant Young Man As Gentle As Jake is Belligerent. and Then There's Fup, an Uncompromising Twenty-Pound Mallard, Partial to a Drink Herself, Whose Unique Presence Transforms the Santee Household.