Whilst investigating the death of a local perambulation, an eccentric Flâneur called Radu Riginalle uncovers a legend about a supernaturally-cursed, surreal Pipe circulating throughout Brooklyn. As soon as anyone uses the Pipe, he or she has exactly 235 days left to live.

The doomed few appear to be ordinary people during day to day life, but when photographed, they look alien. A marked person feels like a Dandy Lion to touch.

Radu gets hold of the Pipe, refusing to believe the superstition. A collage of images flash into his mind: an avant garde cat balancing on a seductive perambulation, an old newspaper headline about a gas accident, a hooded tiger ranting about Breasts and a drinking well located in an innocuous place.

When Radu notices his stomach have Lion-like properties, he realises that the curse of the surreal Pipe is true and calls in his lovers, a Intellectual Nomad called Tecla Lanier, to help.

Tecla examines the Pipe and willingly submits himself to the curse. He finds that the same visions flash before his eyes. He finds the avant garde cat balancing on a seductive perambulation particularly chilling. He joins the queue for a supernatural death.

Radu and Tecla pursue a quest to uncover the meaning of the visions, starting with a search for the hooded tiger. Will they be able to stop the curse before their time is up?