City of Night Iain Banks a part-time poisoner is terrorising

a part-time poisoner is terrorising the local zoo and a freed paedophile rouses the vigilantes

But she last saw Malaysia as a toddler and is completely unprepared for its ghosts

patriotism

Allies in an unequal fight between good and evil

But where does the feeling come from that the world is about to end

City of Night Iain Banks a part-time poisoner is terrorisingAn innovative description of the urban underworld of male prostitution. Rechy portrays a nameless narrator as he travels through several US cities, meeting a collection of unforgettable characters, from drag queens and criminals to the bedridden Professor and Lance O'Hara, once Hollywood's biggest star. Rechy describes this world with brutal candour and understanding but without sentimentality or self pity, in a prose that is highly personal, vivid