It's no secret that every action has consequences, and it doesn't matter when you have to answer for them — in a day, a year, or even several centuries. On Fitzroy Foster's fourteenth birthday, nothing foreshadows trouble. His father photographs the boy, hoping that another snapshot will join the album of happy moments in their family's history, but what happens next will change Foster's and his family's lives for the next decade and more. Instead of the teenager's joyful face, the sad image of a mysterious dark-skinned young man appears in the photograph, and from now on this stranger will appear in every photo of Fitzroy.

Who is this person, and why does he haunt Foster, who is forced to become a recluse, abandoning his usual way of life? Together with the book's characters, the reader must embark on a journey full of losses and unexpected turns to answer this and other questions.

Author: Ariel Dorfman
Publishing House: Polyandria No Age
Year: 2021
Number of pages: 383
Cover type: hardback
Translator: Natalya Vlasova
Country of origin: UK
Age group: 16+