Book description
Kumiko saw it first. A heart - a human heart - slithering down
outside the window of a train travelling between London Bridge and
Blackfriars. Someone must have thrown it out from a carriage in front.
Kumiko is determined to find out who - and why.
But Skelton was sitting next to Kumiko on the train and he saw it
too, so he also wants to get to the bottom of the mystery. Or he says
he does, but really he just wants Kumiko back, because she's walked
out on him, just like that, and left him heartbroken.
Each for their own reasons, Kumiko and Skelton set out - separately
- on a bizarre trail of discovery. Darting between dingy student pubs,
the roofs of Borough Market and the corridors and car-parks of Guy's
Hospital, they become embroiled in the seedy world of young medical
students, until eventually the gossip and the stories lead them both
to the hospital's infamous dissection lecturer - known behind his back
as 'King Death' ...
Toby Litt was born in 1968. He is the author of Adventures in
Capitalism, Beatniks, Corpsing, deadkidsongs,
Exhibitionism, Finding Myself, Ghost Story,
Hospital, I play the drums in a band called okay and
Journey into Space. In 2003, he was named one of Granta's Best
of Young British Novelists. His website can be found at www.
tobylitt. com
