That old childhood saying pick what you want from the tree of life simply not working anymore? Becoming a foreigner in Indonesia might be as good a stab at something new and rewarding, as anything Armed with a teaching contract, some poems, and a guitar-playing buddy, Roberts discovers a potentially lifechanging experience in 2013. And so the Bajaj Boys make themselves at home. Indonesia is revealed as a challenging but welcoming land of instant millionaires, beautiful rubbish, abundant romance, powerful religion, and unnerving history. Nasi goreng, alcohol, cigarettes, bajajs, motorbikes, classrooms, a gentlemens club, poetry gigs, wild animals, and electrical storms weave together, as the dark cracks of Kemang open.