Dead babies

If the Marquis de Sade were to crash one of P. G. Wodehouse's house parties, the chaos might resemble the nightmarishly funny goings-on in this novel by the author of London Fields. The residents of Appleseed Rectory have primed themselves both for a visit from a triad of Americans and a weekend of copious drug taking and sexual gymnastics. There's even a heifer to be slugged and a pair of doddering tenants to be ingeniously harassed. But none of these variously bright and dull young things has counted on the intrusion of "dead babies" -- dreary spasms of reality. Or on the uninvited presence of a mysterious prankster named Johnny, whose sinister idea of fun makes theirs look like a game of backgammon. SUMMARY: Blitzed On Uppers, Downers, Blue Movies And Bellinis, The Bacchanalia Bent Bon-Vivants Ensconced At Appleseed Rectory For The Weekend Are Reeling In An Hallucinatory Haze Of Sex And Seduction. But As Friday Melts Into Saturday And Saturday Spirals Into Sunday And Sobriety Sets In, The Orgiastic Romp Descends To Disastrous Depths. Six friends are determined to escape for a debauched weekend in the countryBlitzed on uppers, downers, blue movies and bellinis, the six twenty-something friends ensconced at Appleseed Rectory for the weekend are reeling in an hallucinatory haze of sex and seduction.