An author waits in a Tel Aviv bar on a stiflingly hot night to give a reading of his work. Bored, he begins to conjure up the life stories of the people he meets, not least an equally bored but seductive waitress. Later, with the reading underway, he weaves stories around the audience and panel before asking the professional reader for a drink. She declines and he walks away, only to climb the steps to her flat later. Or does he? In this beguiling, intriguing story, the reader hardly knows where reality ends and invention begins... An ingenious short novel from the celebrated author of 'A Tale of Love and Darkness' - witty, elegiac, playful and sexy.