Planting a cactus garden around his mobile home where he can star-gaze and practice yoga, Theobald Moon provides a haven of security for his small daughter, Josie, weaving around her a gossamer web of fairy stories and belief in an ordered universe. But there is a terrible secret at the heart of this novel, a mystery that propels the brilliantly constructive narrative between the Arizona desert and snow-bound Slovakia, where an ice-cream seller and a shoe-factory worker meet and fall in love.

Published by HarperCollins and Grove Atlantic.