"Andrew Sinclair is one of our most intelligent novelists." - Scotsman "Mr Sinclair is pure entertainment with his natty little tale about a hero who writes obituaries and an esoteric character who specialises in death." - The Spectator "Placid and macabre, this death-drenched fantasy uses satiric allegory to the hilt whilst bulls-eyeing the Establishment of contemporary London." - Baltimore Sun "[T]here are some remarkable scenes ... it is impossible not to be impressed by the sheer size of the task Mr Sinclair has taken on." - The Guardian Adam Quince"s business is death. A writer of obituaries, his own life of tedium is measured out by the index cards of the dead and dying which he monitors in his basement office "morgue". But Quince finds his passion for life reignited when he meets the beautiful actress Nada Templeton and becomes engaged in a tug-of-war with her protector, the enigmatic and sinister John Purefoy. Obsessed with death, Purefoy is...