Centre stage in Angela Carters unruly tale of the Flower Power Generation is Joseph a decadent disorientated rebel without a cause. A selfstyled nihilist whose girlfriend has abandoned him Joseph has decided to give up existing. But his concerned friends and neighbours have other plans. In an effort to join in the spirit of protest which motivates his contemporaries Joseph frees a badger from the local zoo sends a turd airmail to the President of the United States falls in love with the mothe