Somnambulist

''Be warned. This book has no literary merit whatsoever. It is a lurid piece of nonsense, convoluted, implausible, peopled by unconvincing characters, written in drearily pedestrian prose, frequently ridiculous and wilfully bizarre. Needless to say, I doubt you''ll believe a word of it.''

So starts the extraordinary tale of Edward Moon, detective, his silent sidekick the Somnambulist and a devilish...