He drove his mind into Gordon Comstock is fighting against the worship of the so-called ‘money-gods' – but it is a fight that is making his life miserable and unfulfilling. the abyss where poetry is written.’ After quitting his well-paying job, he spends his days working in a bookshop and writing unsuccessful poetry. And to make matters worse, there is a depressing aspidistra on his windowsill that refuses to die.