East and West, immigrants, emigrants, dropouts, Islam, Christianity, capitalism, and the search for happiness: Michael Kleeberg tells stories and fates in a globalized world. In this grand work, he succeeds in transforming the important questions of our time into gripping literature. Mühlheim near Frankfurt. A circle of friends gathers and tries not only to reflect on friendship and society but also to realize utopias of a different way of living together. Among them: Hermann, once a doctoral student in philosophy, then a dropout, now a teacher in Frankfurt. Maryam, an Iranian singer who had to emigrate because singing was forbidden to her. Also present: Younes, a Lebanese pastor, Zygmunt, a Polish craftsman, Bernhard, a former activist who led an organization for youth social work for a long time, Ulla, his wife, and Kadmos, an Arab.