The shining city

"Ashley is the son of Fag and Roddie and lives in a suburb where each house looks like a motel. Christopher, his cousin, inhabits a high, welathy slope up on Cashmere. ... These are the swinging sixties, the seventies, the years of flower power, platform shoes and Vietnam. ... Two young men, shining in an affluent white light, emerge from the chrysalises concealing them. They look around. Are they looking for something - or somebody? Or can they see nothing but themselves?..."--Back cover.