A refugee enters the immigration office to visit his caseworker one last time. He is angry and has only one wish: for someone to finally listen to him. When Karim jumps from the back of a truck into the open air three years ago, he believes he is in France. He has paid for his escape from Iraq all the way to that point. In reality, he has ended up in the middle of the Bavarian countryside. He struggles through forms and asylum shelters until he suddenly receives his rejection and is to be deported. Now he finds himself back at square one. This equally profound and heartfelt novel raises one of the central questions of our time: What does it mean for a person when they are not allowed to live in either their homeland or in a foreign land?.