This is the story of how a bad man called Edward Miller lost his job, his house, his wife, his hair and his front teeth, but in the process becomes good. It is the story of how, in his only ever truly selfless act, Edward risks all to save the woman he loves. In East of Nowhere, Robert Chalmers has created a dazzling ensemble cast of characters in a unique fiction for our times. It is as mordantly funny as it is breathtakingly true.