A rollicking romp of a spy thriller from the acclaimed author of The Gone-Away World. - "A head-spinning cliffhanger that reads a bit like Harry Potter for grownups.... It would be a shame if no movie were made from this glorious piece of kaleidoscope-fiction." --The Wall Street Journal
Joe Spork fixes clocks. He has turned his back on his father's legacy as one of London's flashiest and most powerful gangsters and aims...