Petronius Totem has disappeared following the unlikely success of his memoir, Ten Thousand Busted Chunks, praised for its searing honesty. But when it is discovered to be a pack of lies, Petronius Totem becomes universally despised.
Meanwhile, Jack faces another grim truth: the world is being taken over by a sinister multi-national Fibre-Optic Catering business that has created a chicken-like food matter than can actually fly. Can he and Petronius Totem escape into a virtual future that is free of Chick Lit and flying fibre-optic chickens? Or will Jack return home to his wife Elaine whom it seems, with good reason, will shoot him on sight?
Searching for Petronius Totem is a love story for the age: a wild, imaginative, and utterly original novel.
Peter Unwin was born in Sheffield, England, and raised in Southern Ontario. A writer of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry, his work has been nominated for the Stephen Leacock Award for Humour and the Trillium Book Award. He lives in Toronto.