Adrian suffers the torments of Hell in a boring metropolis. Durwood Goebel can turn his face into a kinetic circus. Willem Kremer is a kleptomaniac turned New York painter. Father Keenan is an unwilling visionary; Roland Unger is a hopeless dreamer. These are just a few of the cast of corrupted characters in this short story collection by the author of the novel Kramm. These characters, created with density and poetic intensity, are sure to leave their imprint on our imagination.