Book 1

Vurt

by Jeff Noon

Published 17 January 1995

Take a trip in a stranger's head. Along rainshot streets with the stash riders, a posse of hip malcontents, hooked on the most powerful drug you can imagine . . . Vurt feathers . . . But as the Game Cat says, Be careful, be very careful. This ride is not for the weak . . .

Scribble isn't listening. He has to find his lost love. A journey towards the ultimate, perhaps even mythical, Vurt Feather . . . Curious Yellow.

'Passionate, distinctive, demanding and enthralling' The Times

'Too beautiful for bikers, too harsh for hippies' New Stateman and Society

'Bold and accomplished . . . It screams out to be read' City Life

'Refreshing, disturbing and original' Independent