Moses Highness, a seasoned habitue of the smoke-filled clubs and all-night parties of London in the '80s, is searching for his past - a past both fantastical and chillingly real. For many years in the terrifying village of New Egypt, run by the sadistic Chief Inspector Peach and his sinister army of police, George and Alice Highness had harboured one fervent wish - that their baby son Moses should escape forever . . .
