By day, Charlie Bain is the school's most inspiring teacher. By night he prowls the stylish bars of Glasgow seducing women. Fuelled by art, drugs and fantasies of being an indie star, Charlie journeys further into hedonism, unable to see the destruction his desires are leading everyone towards...
Read MoreF*cked up, funny and fantastic - Lauren LaverneAn insane, hallucinatory mosaic of sexual dysfunction, pathos, humour and narrative energy - A.L. KennedyBissett's third novel is delivered with invention and flair - EsquireHilarious, disturbing and hugely entertaining... Bain is a remarkable creation - Big Issue[Alan Bissett] has pulled the sheets back on Lothario men and shown them lying there wriggling, pathetic, and bare-bummed...Bissett proves himself to be a fresh, compelling and distinctly Scottish literary talent - Scotland on SundayDevilishly funny and disturbingly accurate. A real gem - News of the WorldA high-speed, coke-fuelled rollercoaster ride through bars, classrooms and bedrooms - ScotsmanThis is a novel of real ambition and complexity, at its heart a delicious tension between the desire to be good and darker urges in a world of ever fewer boundaries - Gutter magazine