Joann Condon

A young journalist in London becomes obsessed with a series of letters she discovers that recounts an intense star-crossed love affair from the 1960s.

現代のロンドン。鏡の向こうで願望を満たす“イマジナリウム”を売りにした旅芸人一座を率いるパルナサス博士。数世紀前に悪魔のMr．ニックと取引し、恋や不老不死を成就させる代わりに自分の娘ヴァレンティナを16歳の誕生日、悪魔に引き渡す約束をしていた。橋からつるされていたところを救われた男性トニーが一座に加わる一方、悪魔は博士に、娘を救いたければ鏡の中の世界に5つの魂を呼び寄せろと、新たな賭けを申し出る。

Daisy is the love of Ken's life - she is also large... and very pretty... and on the dole. But Ken is a dreamer, all his dreams to make a fast buck ending up where they started - as dreams. With the rent unpaid, the bailiffs at the door and Ken's dreams in tatters, Daisy sets out to bring home the bacon and gets a job in the local factory. There she meets Marlene and half a dozen other large women who are all united in a secret passion - Sumo wrestling! Ken doesn't know what's hit him.