Liliah Kemp, librarian, spiritualist, and schizophrenic, inadvertently lets Kurtz out of page 92 of "Heart of Darkness" and onto the streets of a slightly future-set Toronto streets. This is the set up of 'Headhunter,' Findley's amazing novel that bends literary culture, psychology, and a touch of potential magic together into one.

The book is a counterpoint between the reader's uncertainty of Lilah's sanity and the potential reality of a Kurtz in Toronto. The story comes into sharp focus when the city suddenly starts falling apart, with flocks of disease-carrying birds falling upon the streets, and the rich are becoming even more depraved.

Lilah tries to find herself a Marlow, to deal with the errant Kurtz, who might just be the new head of the psychiatric hospital.

An awesome reading experience, from a Canadian great.