Leon is completely alone. His mother abandoned him when he was young, and his father left the country in search of fortune. His life takes a violent turn when his math teacher is found hanged at school. Now everyone seems entranced by the deranged discourse of the substitute teacher--everyone except Leon. A horror novel that embodies the criminal madness within a country that is beginning to crumble, this novel grasps the undivided attention of the reader from start to finish.