Book description
A dark comedy, written at the Devil's dictation.
Welcome to London! Not quite the London we know. The King of England
has converted to Roman Catholicism, along with his sons, and has
abdicated in favour of his brother, now known as Andy One. Sickened by
years of corrupt and incompetent presidents, the United States has
petitioned Andy One to resume sovereignty over America. In England,
the government of Christian Coalition Socialists has been ousted in a
coup d'état. The survivors have gone underground, led by High John
the Conqueror, chief of the Flagellants, a squad of paramilitary
sadomasochists. To escape arrest and execution, High John (real name
Organ McWhinny) fakes his own death and disappears, so successfully
that his son Lingus, a boy in his mid-teens, believes him to be dead.
Motherless and fatherless, Lingus takes to the streets.
Jim Younger is well known as a musician, playing mainly fiddle and
mandolin. He plays and records with his wife, Gail Williams. He has
worked as a teacher, but is now a government official. He lives in
London.
