Their Lips Talk of Mischief

High up in the Conrad Flats that loom bleakly over Acton, two future stars of the literary scene - or so they assume - are hard at work, tapping out words of wit and brilliance between ill-paid jobs writing captions for the Cat Calendar 1985 and blurbs for trashy novels with titles like Brothel of the Vampire.

Sus, in Apartamentele Conrad, care se profileaza sumbru deasupra orasului Acton, doua viitoare vedete ale scenei literare - sau cel putin asa presupun - muncesc din greu, exprimand cuvinte pline de umor si stralucire intre slujbe prost platite, scriind legende pentru Calendarul Pisicilor din 1985 si rezumate pentru romane de proasta calitate cu titluri precum Bordelul Vampirului.