The irrational, all-pervading violence of the modern world is the subject of this powerful novel. The central character's dreams are haunted by images of decomposed teen-icons, discredited philosophers and defunct beat-groups as he traverses the screaming wastes of Brighton, Hove and far beyond. Seeking hedonistic excess, he casts himself in a number of roles: necro-pornographer, drugs baron and so on. Finally, though the black, perverse magic of violence he transcends this psychic turmoil to find the key to a bizarre new sexuality...