Malik rents his youth at a high cost, which seems the practical solution to surviving his extravagant lifestyle and the expenses of studying in a foreign city. Jake, old enough to be his father, can't protect him from his solitary delusions, or offer him the home in Sydney he craves--and Jake hides a past of grief. With each transaction, Malik gains more independence, the encounters of flesh becoming anthologies on his skin. Will their relationship...