This is a novel for people with breeding. Only people with the right genes and the wrong impulses will find its marriage of bold ideas and deplorable characters irresistible.

It is a novel that engages the mind while satisfying those that crave the thrill of a chase. There are riots and sex. There is love and murder.

There is Darwinism and Fascism, nightclubs, invented languages and the dangerous bravado of youth. And there are lots of beetles. It is clever.

It is distinctive. It is entertaining. We hope you are too.