"A man cannot stay forever on his hands

and knees in a wet park in the middle of

London, howling and moaning and talk-

ing to himself. Sooner or later, someone

is going to object."

John--he thinks that s his name is

living in an enforced constant present

tense, watching himself as if in a story

travel through the vilest parts of a large

city, heading for some mission, prepar-

ing to kill. He can feel his mind unravel-

ing. He is looking for a girl named Pen-

ny, and waiting for his brain to tell him

what to do when he finds her.

John s wife Helen, who looks rather

like Penny, is living in the country. She

is depressed because herhusband has left

her, bored with Suburban life, and

somehow she too is quite capable 6f

murder. At a crucial moment, local lover-

boy Martin comes to call

Ticket to Ride poses in details of

gr6wing horror the violence of a

degenerating mind, and the equally hor-

rifying degeneration of a marriage. Short,

powerful, and compelling, it is a chilling

and unforgettable mystery.