The novel begins by announcing that today will be the day that a young boy, Robert Caligari, dies.

This begins as a private act of revenge against his sister, Nerys, who is always putting money in her own tin piggy bank.

The last straw for Robert's mother is when he kicks a rather large woman's bagged pork chops, which she had just bought at the local butcher's shop.

After poisoning his sister's food, he decides to trick an old blind man into crossing a road of busy traffic.

The book has been adapted for stage by theatre company Kill the Beast, and was performed at The Lowry, Greater Manchester, 21–23 June 2012, and at Jacksons Lane, London.