The Guardian described it as "dark, wildly meandering, and often funny. It offered the same possibilities as the sensory deprivation. It was so fascinated by a hole in the universe adore through into another world.”

Our narrator is visited by doubtful guests of the mind as his desire for solitude collides with his social instincts and thoughts of his lost love, Esperanza. The program uses Edward Gorey's Tale, the Doubtful Guest and other literary illustrations to explore the ambiguities of disengagement

This radio play was made for the experimental strand Between the Ears, and it features readings with a gothic frosting by Nick Cave. The play charts a journey into one man's isolation. Our narrator is consigned to a flotation tank in an attempt to beat the world record for sensory deprivation.