A relentlessly funny and ingenious novel from one of Australia's most inventive writers.
'There's an end of me. Again. The a.m. T-jam is all aglitter with dawn light, and the auto effluvia is glowing golden across the land. I'll catch you again at midnight. Don't get the stigmata in the meantime. And don't get old. And remember . . . you'll design the rockets that will save us. It's news time in The Republic of Xs."
This is the story of Mako, Rock God in his subconscious and tyrefitter in suburban Melbourne, and his mission against Be Good, cultural spokesman at radio station Triple XXX, which is about to secede from the nation. When Be Good falls in love with Amarita, check-out chick and soon-to-be-semi-famous beauty, Mako knows just how to get him where it hurts . . .
