A young man with a dysfunctional family becomes the bodyguard of his best friend, a rich, hot headed, young man who lives in excess, he will soon find himself immerse in a life of sex, crime, sleaze and deadly bets.
In a crash on the stock exchange Inni Wintrop (40) loses his fortune and his girlfriend, on the same day. Adrift and looking for something to hold on to he becomes obsessed with Japanese rituals of faith, death and eroticism.