The first novel by George K. Ilsley whose first story collection Random Acts of Hatred was published to acclaim in 2004. Told in dream-like fragments ManBug unfolds as a love story between Sebastian an entomologist with Asperger s Syndrome and Tom a spiritual bisexual who may or may not be recruiting Sebastian for a cult. They navigate their relationship as damaged goods seeking meaning and value in themselves through the other; they also try to avoid the inevitable toxins around them both real and imagined--like bugs avoiding insecticide--while asking the question Just how much poison can any of us absorb? ManBug is a beguiling tragicomic novel about beauty horror desire and what lurks just beneath the skin.