In 1947, Olivier Schrauwen's grandfather Arsène travels to an African colony. There, his cousin plans the city of tomorrow, a modern utopia in the midst of the wilderness. Arsène is overwhelmed by the mysterious new surroundings; at the same time, he is tormented by jungle fever, alcoholism, and his love for Marieke, his cousin's wife. A stunning wave of surreal nightmares and uninhibited sexual fantasies crashes over him. Is this bizarre land still reality or has it long become an unpredictable delusion? Olivier Schrauwen's new book is an intoxicating journey into his grandfather's consciousness. In the tradition of Joseph Conrad, he explores the depths of a kindred soul and presents it as a hallucinatory play of forms.