BEDEVILMENTS

Right She flicked the thin dress straps off her shoulders then reached behind her back for the zip Let s get started mister Anthony is barely present in his own life A failed academic career a soul crushing call centre job an Alcoholics Anonymous group he resents attending he s checked out from all of it He spends the Sydney summer trying to avoid the sun and lives only for the evenings when he can visit Emma a sex worker at a local brothel It s during these rented hours that Anthony finds brief moments of human connection He can afford to see Emma maybe once a month but he can never hold on that long Then Emma disappears and there s nowhere left for Anthony to hide By turns appalling funny and tender The Bedevilments is an eye opening story about addiction sex and anonymity