The Star Tramp

The Star Rover, published in the UK as The Jacket, is a novel composed of short stories built around the concept of reincarnation. The book deals with the fate of Darrell Standing, a prisoner on death row, who successfully escapes the horrors of prison life and torturous stays in a straitjacket by escaping into vivid dreams about his past lives. These include incarnations as a French nobleman and an Englishman in medieval Korea. The book, based on the life and prison years of the author's friend Ed Morrell, is one of London's most intricate and original works.