The disturbing tale of an English professor who finds himself in New York in the summer of 2000, in an age of unprecedented decadence. The main protagonist's inner fury at his failing marriage and his dwindling self-image is a counterpoint to the boiling anger of the city of New York at the turn of the millennium. "Thrilling writing...A simmering novel, as crammed with passion and potholes as a New York street" Boyd Tonkin, "Independent".