Only Forward

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Michael Marshall Smith's surreal and groundbreaking debut resonates with wild humour interlaced with dark emotional themes. Stark lives in Colour, a neighbourhood whose inhabitants coordinate with their surroundings – a place where spangly purple trousers are admired by the walls of buildings as you pass them. Close by is Sound, where you mustn't make any noise, apart from one designated hour a day when you can scream your lungs raw. Then there's Red – get off at Fuck Station Zero if you want to see a tactical nuclear battle recreated as a sales demonstration. Stark has friends in Red, which is just as well because Something is about to happen. And when a Something happens it's no good chanting 'Duck and cover' while cowering in a corner, because a Something is always from the past, Stark's past, and it won't go away until you face it full on.