The book is a scandalous allegory that fragments time and plays with phenomena and readers. In the Balkans it describes, Nadir reigns supreme, an eccentric nightclub whose provocative program has fueled the fantasies of the peninsula’s inhabitants. In Nadir’s legendary Boudouar, the club’s luxurious restrooms, eccentric artistic performances, secret meetings of celebrities, political and economic transactions, bribes, exchanges, and agreements of a modern Balkan region teeming with secrets and conspiracies. Outside the dazzling spotlights, a network of nomadic artists enlivens Nadir, caravans of jesters, acrobats, animal tamers, and ventriloquists cross Europe carrying messages, bound by an oath of silence. It is in this atmosphere that Cabal conducts her investigation when her employer assigns her to solve a case that at first glance appears to be a scandalous affair. At first glance…

KASTANIOTIS, 2003, 448 p.