How will the world of literature respond to the continuing financial turmoil? Will the literature of this depression match the quality of work produced in the 1930s? Quartet were planning to publish this startling first novel later in the year, but have brought publication forward because of its relevance to today's troubled times. A Swiftian fable of excess, the story weaves around the adventures of Tomas, a young man on the make in a world of wealth, privilege and corruption. Palumbo is best known as the man behind iconic South London night club, the Ministry of Sound.