When your therapist is your sister, how can you sack her? That is the intriguing question posed by Marie Gameson’s witty tale of City broker Jack, whose tragic childhood has turned him into an all-purpose scapegoat. Because of a mystery connected with his mother’s early death, Jack shows all the signs of being cursed, leading others to see their own demons in him. Although Jill, his well-meaning sibling, keeps telling Jack that nobody blames him for whatever happened to their mother, it is obvious from the start of the novel that he feels weighed down by all the problems of the world.