Twenty years ago Patrick 'Pussy' Braden escaped from his home town and drunken foster mother to begin a new life in London There he plies his trade in his blousen tops and milkman maxis However the businessmen and lonely old women are not the only dangers that threaten Pussy's existence Its the 1970s and fear haunts the streets of London and Belfast as Pussy's nights of Dusty Springfield wigs and glittered stockings are invaded by the horror of a conflict he cannot avoid