A book that intrigues and irritates in equal measures. It describes itself as "part detective story, part haunting gothic tale" but it is certainlt an assured debut from rock journalist Taylor who delivers a lushy layered tale of memory suppression as told through the eyes of an rather unreliable narrator trying to piece together the disturbing fragments of his life. Perhaps a little too self-knowingly clever for its own good, it nevertheless haunts and fascinates as the mystery at its heart is teasingly unravelled.