Clandestine chemistry & the LA underworld provide the atmosphere for this kaleidoscopic tale of lost memories & the heartbreak of finding them from the author of The Contortionists Handbook. When Eric Ashworth wakes in jail he has no idea how he got there or why. His only memory is a womans name: Desiree. Released on bail & holed up in a low-rent motel Eric starts to piece together his former life as a chemist at the centre of a desert drug ring with the help of a powerful new hallucinogen which simultaneously loosens his grip on the present. As the events of his past begin to emerge from the confusion of his fragmented memory Eric must contend with a gnawing paranoia & the need for ever-increasing fixes
- not to mention disturbing visits from an intimidating police detective his former associate Manhattan White & the ominously named Toe Tag. As his grip on reality becomes more tenuous past & present reality & fantasy begin to bleed into each other bringing this visceral shifting novel of love & loss to its climax.