'Bissett's third novel is delivered with invention and flair' -- Esquire 'Hilarious, disturbing and hugely entertaining... Bain is a remarkable creation' -- Big Issue 'He 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 Sunday 'A high-speed, coke-fuelled rollercoaster ride through bars, classrooms and bedrooms' -- Scotsman 'This 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 'Definitely worth a read... ****' -- Look