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Zack, a Bulgarian in his thirties and a former photographer now working for a Californian drug company, has just been left by Stella, the love of his life, who came to America with him. To drown his grief he crosses into Mexico, and at the end of a wild night in Tijuana he steps into a bloody scene, saves a stranger and escapes in his attackers' van, only to find a sack of fresh marijuana inside. With the drugs in the back and a second-hand film Nikon, he sets off across the continent for New York, taking pictures on the way. His dangerous present alternates with the past: meeting Stella at art school, student years in 1990s Bulgaria, abandoned rock-star dreams, their marriage and new life in America, and Stella's rise as an artist.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

273 pages in the original

Genres

Love, Crime (assigned by AI)

Set in

United States, Mexico

First published

2008 by Ciela

Author's age

40 when first published

ISBN

9789542802778 (original)

9781934824719 (Open Letter, United States)