Jim Nisbet's cult classic Lethal Injection has been a phemen in America and in Europe since being originally published in 1987. It is about as ir as one can get. In a bleak Texas prison, Royce - an alcoholic doctor - administers Bobby Mencken's last high' in spite of being convinced that the convicted killer was incent. When Royce's marriage crumbles, he decides to take off for Dallas in search of the real killer. With sharp humour and a poet's ear for language, Nisbet's world may be desolate, but it is frighteningly real and addictively sinister.'