From the back cover:"This book by the distinguished art critic Guy Brett is the first attempt to bring together a fascinating and ephemeral body of artistic work which escapes a simple definition... David Medella has distinguished himself internationally as a major innovator of the avant-garde. Over the last forty years his work has embraced a multitude of enquires and enthusiasms, forms and formats, to express a singular yet deeply coherent vision of the world...evolving his own art which strives towards the emergence of a new kind of transitional and polymorphic culture." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The cover depicts a detail of a portrait of Houedard by John Furnival. The exhibition catalogue lists 50 works by Houedard including eight plastic laminate poems. The introductory essay was written by Guy Brett. There are also extracts from Houedard's writings and a letter to David Medalla printed in the catalogue. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.