Imagine being trapped in a world where you did not belong, living a life ostracized from society, constantly bombarded with the spiritual incompatibility between you and the inhabitants of this violently troublesome reality. Tim Cates lives in that world and Confessions of a Dandy is a window for others to see life through his eyes.
Tackling complex issues of religion and spirituality, Cates defines boundaries ignored by others, seeking to open a space for himself too long denied - denied by emotionally intimidating parents, manipulative "friends", and other callous, even dangerous people surrounding him. Drawing support from literature, from historic accounts of other dandies like himself and from God through the Bible, Confessions of a Dandy is not just Tim Cates' story of human behavior, but a triumphant story of one man who is learning to be grateful for what he has been given, despite tribulations of an uncaring world.