& apos; She& apos; s a queen of words& apos; - Caitlin Moran
& apos; It was the night before Christmas, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring. . . except a clot of blood, creeping up from Ted& apos; s leg to his brain, to kill him as he slept. . . & apos;
Recently widowed Philly keeps dreaming of her dead husband Ted strange dreams of a paranormal alternate reality: why is her new husband Robbie so interested in them? He works for a mysterious genetic research company called Portal Inc.
But what exactly is Robbie& apos; s job? Did he seduce Philly by feeding her experimental new drugs? Was Ted& apos; s death intended? Such suspicions make Philly doubt her own sanity yet something about her new marriage doesn& apos; t quite ring true. . .
Witty, unnerving and surreal, this is Fay Weldon at her best.
