This was a weird short story. But, it was weird in a good way. It starts off with Valentine being kicked out of his house, into the "World", by his mother and father. After a failed mugging, he ends up at a boarding house called......The End of the World. Run by Mrs. Anna and inhabited by some strange people, Valentine soon realizes that not is all right.
Like I said, this was a short story (hence being read in one day). I liked it because it was very quirky and because the ending was very different.