Described by Irvine Welsh as the would-be product of Cormac McCarthy, Franz Kafka and Benny Hill had they been housed together in Brighton, England, Nick Cave’s second novel details the depraved road trip salesman Bunny Munro embarks on (with his son in tow) after his wife’s suicide.

At once detailing the already-flawed Bunny Senior’s descent into degradation, the story largely hinges on the relationship between father and son and the blinding idolatry and love the latter possesses for the former, despite Bunny Senior’s constant neglect of his son (who is left in the car to starve while his father goes about his perverse exploits).

Musician and former longtime guitarist of The Bad Seeds Blixa Bargeld tonight takes on the challenge of delivering excerpts from Cave’s melancholic yet witty tale, as he helps launch the audio version of the book.