Chapter 1: Carnality“Suck your c**k, sir?” The question, coming from a perfect stranger just as I was starting to run for the bus, was so unexpected and so bizarre that it literally threw me off stride. I turned my head toward the speaker, and in consequence lost my balance. I stumbled and almost fell. I managed to keep my feet, but careened forward, past the open doors of the waiting bus. It was only after a dozen strides that I managed to bring myself to a halt—where I stood, dazed, trying to recover my mental equilibrium. Before I could do anything, however, the bus doors closed and, with a deep roar of its engine, the bus eased away from the curb. I watched its slow departure, the realization coming to me that I was going to be late for my meeting; for there were few cabs in this par

