AustLit

'Gerard Oakes has enough aggro going on in his life and it’s about to get worse.

He’s been booted off his footy team for mooning a female referee: “how many bad decisions does a bloke have to stomach?”

'His girlfriend has just dumped him: “Sometimes there’s more fundamental things between a man and a woman than just whether you hate each other’s guts.”

'He’s been sacked from his day job as a cigarette salesman: “some places you walk in and they treat you like a drug pusher.”

'And his pride and joy, an HSV Commodore, has just been nicked.

'Enter Lester Allardyce, a loner and a social misfit who goes on a killing spree in a suburban shopping mall. As Gerard’s week goes from bad to worse, their lives become linked in an unimageinable way. What follows is a steady descent into creepy comic madness as Gerard spirals into a fantasy world, culminating in a chilling finale.'

Source: Publisher's blurb (Wutheringink edition).