The world’s ending in a whimper. The President is deranged. And all Bluetts Porth can think about is falling in love....
In a world that’s packing up and ready to go, self-confessed nobody Bluetts Porth has just lost his job and is looking forward to a period of unadulterated drunken contemplation of his childhood lost love, Sophie Hotfoot. However, when the mysterious Wolfgang Darvish takes him to an underworld tavern, his life becomes much more fascinating than he had ever hoped.
Meanwhile, deranged world leader Antoine Florentino is in the process of sleeping with every beautiful woman (in alphabetical order) when he decides that he’s fallen in love…with Sophie Hotfoot herself.
Set in a fantastic world of double crossing and intrigue, a cavalcade of grotesque and enchanting characters bounce off each other in this satirical, vastly entertaining romp.
Melancholy, eccentric, life-affirming, and very funny, this is the hugely colourful first novel by Hastie Mariette.