Caustic and entertaining (Sunday Times )Sharply observed and always entertaining (Independent )This is an impressive debut: a good story, well told, great characters, with sardonic, knowing digs at the youthful pretention...clever, wry and often hilarious (Time Out )Well-written, tremendously confident (Irish Independent )Characters that leap out at you like figures in a pop-up book. Joseph O"Connor"s first novel suggests he is bound for fame (Observer )Paperback edition. Eddie Virago arrives in London, armed with his Mohican haircut, his electric guitar, his enormous ego and tremendous good looks. When the stardom he has been seeking is at last within reach, he meets the suave Salome Wilde, the only person who has ever had the courage to face up to his deceits.