A] funny, serious, clever novel.
In a tale set against the impending wars, Martin Michael Driessen ingeniously explores the foibles of two painfully ordinary men boldly staking their claims on life..
So does the unlikeliest of friendships when Andrej and Josip finally meet face-to-face.
As their anonymous misdeeds escalate, a farce of mutual dependency begins.
Now that they do--discovered quite by accident--each man has resorted to blackmailing the other.
Life was so much simpler when neither one knew the other\'s secrets.
Josip is an increasingly irrelevant cable car operator and unfaithfully married.
He yearns for respect and fame but commits petty crimes for reasons he doesn\'t fully comprehend.
Andrej is a postman in complete denial of his existence.
In a quiet coastal town in Yugoslavia, two men seeking more than the Communist regime can offer find their lives deceitfully entwined. -- The New York Times From award-winning Dutch author Martin Michael Driessen comes a fearlessly funny tragedy about an improbable friendship, unstable dreams, missed opportunities, and epic coincidence.
A] funny, serious, clever novel
