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This debut novel is hailed by sci-fi luminary Harlan Ellison as a "mad tornado of words." After Manuel Rodrigo de GuzmAn GonzAlez disappears, his lover Wendell Apogee searches through New York City's "Darktown" to find him. Along the way, he encounters everything from black market dealers to alien assassins. "Slattery's debut is a kaleidoscopic celebration of the immigrant experience ... Pynchon crossed with Steinbeck, painted by DalI ..." -Kirkus Reviews