A thief on the hunt for the big score, a love-crazed anarchist, and a family clan gone wild. Michel Decar's new novel humorously and swiftly depicts a capital city where crisis has become the norm. "To ignite large fires, to loot and plunder. That was what Beverly Kaczmarek wanted. And then to cry, to cry a lot, until the tears had extinguished all the fires and chrysanthemums and row houses grew from the ashes. But wasn't that what everyone wanted?".