First edition. 8vo. Pp. [viii], 226, [1]. Black cloth boards, lettered in metallic red to spine; black endpapers. Author's Note. Issued simultaneously in trade paperback, this is one of 1,000 hardback copies printed, half of which limitation went signed by the author.
Signed by Garland to title page.
His second novel. An intricately woven chase thriller set over three nocturnal hours in the slums of Manila, and triggered by a fatal misunderstanding. Basis for the 2003 film directed by Oxide Pang (a.k.a. the Pang Brothers), and starring Jonathan Rhys-Meyers and Saskia Reeves. "[A]ll but flawless, a tour de force of brilliant narration and psychological acuity." –The Washington Post