Los Angeles. There are two seasons, day and night. Toyer. He is a natural response to Los Angeles. There has never been anything like Toyer, but of course, every time there never is. Each time, the newest cutting-edge lunatic has the same refreshing aspect: he is unimaginable. Maude Garance. She is a doctor, thirty-six years old. Her face is complicated by a scars of fatigue, she is on the brink of a breakdown caused by a disorder in her patients – Toyer’s victims -that she can not cure. Doctor T. Chief of Service at Maude’s Hospital. Married too long to the wrong wife. Maude without mentioning it. Sara Smith. Has reported. A story, any story, is feeling from God and God. Maude dislikes her on sight. Jim O’Land. Sara Smith’s boss at the Herald, a man easily followed. He publishes Rent ‘ s thoughts. Unprecedented in journalism, he says, a first. The Uncastables. Three comfortably unemployed actors. Telen Gacey came to Hollywood and is ready to leave. Peter Matson has a star quality but can not act. Billy Waterland, would-be comic, ex-gymnast, dreams of stardom. Jimmy O. A pale ginger cat with a direct stare, humble. Maude called him in his clothing. She was right. These are the players in Gardner McKay’s first novel, Toyer. Their lives intersect and intrude on one another with terrifying results to produce a novel that is as compelling as it is rewarding. Billy Waterland, would-be comic, ex-gymnast, dreams of stardom. Jimmy O. A pale ginger cat with a direct stare, humble. Maude called him in his clothing. She was right. These are the players in Gardner McKay’s first novel, Toyer. Their lives intersect and intrude on one another with terrifying results to produce a novel that is as compelling as it is rewarding. Billy Waterland, would-be comic, ex-gymnast, dreams of stardom. Jimmy O. A pale ginger cat with a direct stare, humble. Maude called him in his clothing. She was right. These are the players in Gardner McKay’s first novel, Toyer. Their lives intersect and intrude on one another with terrifying results to produce a novel that is as compelling as it is rewarding.