Built according to the chronology of one night, the novel takes place in a bar on a Caribbean island: an investigation into the disappearance of a writer by a journalist in love with a woman involved in a revolutionary project.

Humor is the politeness of despair.

I go out. And it was like a chapter of my life was ending. Birds flying over the sea. In the distance. A superb weather. The happiness of the seagulls is mine. The light dazzles me.