Now that was every bit as bonkers as the first book in the series but with added weird on top. Jerry Cornelius no longer appears to be the androgynous superbeing Cornelius Brunner that he became at the end of The Final Programme. Instead he is Jerry once more except he’s ebony black with white hair.
Throughout the novel he is an agency of change; an anarchic harlequin forcing change on an unready / unwilling world. At all points he is challenged by Bishop Beasley and his attempts to return the world from its chaotic state.
This really is a product of its time. This sort of psychedelic narrative can be a real chore and I love it as much as I hate it. For Moorcock however it perfectly reflects the unorthodox narrative he wishes to tell.
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