Life on a London council estate leads Conrad on a journey between his ambition, his loyalty to his Jamaican nan, and his need to redeem himself. The suppressed scars of a life under Franco resurface in Laura's traumatic coming of age. British Indian girl Roxy wants something different, but isn't sure what. And inner-city boffin D is looking for more than the dubious distinction of being the younger brother of an accomplished thief. Spanning the decades from the rise of Thatcher to the fall of Lehmann Brothers, this is a darkly comic portrait of lives in miniature flailing around the edges of the bigger questions.
Vikram, Ravi and Sean, childhood friendsfrom south London, seem to be the only ones who have noticed that they havewings. As adults and 'multiples' - their hybrid human/animal forms - they areall now dealing with the personal and political fallout of what is turning outto be an unexpectedly turbulent present in which 'singulars' - narrow-minded,non-syncretic - are the ones making the weather.It feels like a dangerous time for anyone deemed an outsider. Humansociety has rarely been this reckless or rapacious, and the fragile ecosystemholding together all the unlikely alliances of 'animal nightlife' has beenplaced in mortal danger. Consumerism, greed, violence, and prejudice of everykind are ranged against the brave souls taking a stand by lining the telegraphwires as a final showdown draws ever closer.
Life on a London council estate leads Conrad on a journey between his ambition, his loyalty to his Jamaican nan, and his need to redeem himself. The suppressed scars of a life under Franco resurface in Laura's traumatic coming of age. British Indian girl Roxy wants something different, but isn't sure what. And inner-city boffin D is looking for more than the dubious distinction of being the younger brother of an accomplished thief. Spanning the decades from the rise of Thatcher to the fall of Lehmann Brothers, this is a darkly comic portrait of lives in miniature flailing around the edges of the bigger questions.
Vikram, Ravi and Sean, childhood friendsfrom south London, seem to be the only ones who have noticed that they havewings. As adults and 'multiples' - their hybrid human/animal forms - they areall now dealing with the personal and political fallout of what is turning outto be an unexpectedly turbulent present in which 'singulars' - narrow-minded,non-syncretic - are the ones making the weather.It feels like a dangerous time for anyone deemed an outsider. Humansociety has rarely been this reckless or rapacious, and the fragile ecosystemholding together all the unlikely alliances of 'animal nightlife' has beenplaced in mortal danger. Consumerism, greed, violence, and prejudice of everykind are ranged against the brave souls taking a stand by lining the telegraphwires as a final showdown draws ever closer.