Nauseating and visceral tale of a disturbed immigrant struggles to survive inner demons and socioeconomic precarity, set against the background of a bleak winter Montreal. A cockroach analogy that presents the despair and nihilism that comes with extreme social isolation.

“I was stunned to realize how the change of scenery felt suddenly burdensome in the aftermath of my consumption of dead animals, alcohol, scratchy soggy lettuce, and tomatoes. And I was overwhelmed with the particular guilt of the impulsive poor who, in a moment of grandiose self-delusion, self-indulgence, and greed, want to have it all. The poor one is greedy. Greedy! Greed is the biggest stupidity. But I was filled with greed.”