Dr Tam Toucan L.S.D. lives and works in Edinburgh.
He is not a doctor and does not have a Life Science Diploma. Those are simply the letters left over from making an anagram of the construct used to provide a shared point of reference.
Fast approaching 50 he decided to wrap some of his thoughts and experiences into a strange little tale. Most of what is written isn't true in the sense that it actually happened, but it's all true in the sense that he experienced it.