I was very disappointed in this book. The author assumed that the reader knew the history of the political conflicts & religious wars between Ireland and London, and wrote in unknown jargon, making the book confusing and hard to follow. Pusey, a transvestite prostitute, was desperate for love. All Pusey really wanted was to find his birth mother and have his father acknowledge him. He knew he needed to fortive his father, but allowed rage and lust for vengenance to control him against the man who would never acknowledge him. Pusey slipped in and out of reality, making it difficult to differentiate between what was real and what was only imagined. Escape for Pusey came in fantasis of Vic Damone, Dusty Springfield, and music. Had this book been written in a different sytle, I think I would have enjoyed it more.