Monotone Masquerade : George Veck : 9798224301782 : 16 Aug 2023 : ''Monotone Masquerade is a savage read, swinging between painfully funny observations and painfully tragic consequences that are all too real-highly recommended.'' - Rose Auburn Once you're a company asset, there's no cheap way out. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fifteen-year-old Justin Billings wants nothing more than to break the destructive chain of enmeshment clouding his deliberately sheltered adolescence. But Justin's newly found dignity threatens his scheming single-mother Wendy's benefit scam, of which his fabricated autism diagnosis serves as an integral cog. Determined to flee Wendy's unbearable psychological abuse, Justin wittingly enters the North Wales care system, where engrained self-abhorrence ensures he's vulnerable to the unforgiving surroundings. Feral budding drug dealer and fello