Finbar Lebowitz

Levi is a washed-up academic who uses his genetic disorder - ectrodactyly, or lobster claw syndrome - as an excuse for across-the-board bitterness and rage. Hope surfaces when he meets sophisticated professor Jane; but Levi's love, like his rage, can err on the side of intensity...

Lovey Chambers is a passionate but incompetent woman who, after undergoing hypnosis, finds herself deep in a existential crisis. Not only are objects confounding her, but her boyfriend has vanished and been replaced by a duplicate who doesn't seem to recognise her. Desperate to find love and restore order to her chaotic life, Lovey must uncover the source of the objects' anger.