A disintegrating palazzo in the Naples countryside... A group of equally fading but defiant expats, for whom Hendrix never died, Biba never closed and the party never ended... A terrified young stranger who erupts into their fantasy existence... And an ultimate acceptance that dying is close Ð but like life, it will be faced on their own terms. A novel of delusion and truth, fear and fatalism, told with empathy and sharp humour, by the author of Does Your Marriage Need A Monkey? and Life In Lower Case.