'A cultivated meditation on society's preoccupation with celebrity, surveillance and moral panic and a brisk, cautionary tale about the perils of doing it in cars with old ladies' ArenaAnytown, England. Jeremy Shepard has reached post-ambition, given up the trappings of his London life and moved back to his home town and his parents' house. By day, he is a low-level civil servant, chained to his desk and content to idle away the hours filing and answering emails. There isn't a lot to do in a small town, but the English are very resourceful and Jeremy quickly finds a hobby that delivers lots of fresh air and exercise. By night, he prowls local car parks to indulge in altogether more challengin pursuits - anonymous sex with strangers. This is no ordinary hobby - each encounter is tinged with an air of danger.As the scene's night-time liaisons increasingly threaten the sensibilities of the local residents, private pursuits risk becoming very public.'Daniel Davis writes with the detachment and insight of a new JG Ballard' Toby Litt'A recognisable but unflattering portrait of moden Britain with a nod to JG Ballard' Bookseller (Ruth Atkins, Booksellers' Choice)'A crisp page-turner.

a tale of sex in the surveillance society that picks up the challenge of Michel Houellebecq's novels' Nicholas Blincoe.