'Following the success of his New Caledonian-based journal "The Nouméa Neurosis" which catapulted him to mild b-grade stardom in his native homeland of Australia, Doctor Jack Gibson receives an unexpected letter from The French Embassy in Paris requesting his services to devise a new procedure to assist the Parisians with the harsh approaching winter. His previous studies on the coastline are tossed out the window, deemed worthless and a new system must be devised for the landlocked city at his residence on Avenue Émile Zola.
'From the importance of a rotating bicycle wheel in his earlier work, to the spinning cycle of a washing machine his study is underway with a loose concept to absorb the surrounding world like clothes soak in cleansing soaps.
'But can he remain focused with the lavish distractions of the French capital or spiral out of control in a foamy mess himself? '
Source: Publisher's blurb.
