Tod Friendly walks backwards and sells groceries at a reasonable price to the supermarket. His romantic relationships each time begin with a bitter quarrel, or even assault. Once a month, a postcard from Reverend Nicholas Creditor is born from the ashes in the fireplace; according to the reverend, the weather in New York remains stable. In Todd Friendly's nightmares, a blizzard of human souls rages, baby bombs tick and an almighty giant in black boots and a white robe rises. In his head lives a secret spy, a naive talker whose voice we hear it. He understands that Todd Friendly's nightmares are not connected with any past crimes, but with what he has yet to commit. Because in the novel by Martin Amis, the arrow of time is turned back.