This complex narrative of intrigue memories and suspense merits the attention of an active
and perceptive audience that can piece together the variegated lines of thought shared by the
protagonists of the novel. Three very different worlds come together under one roof in the
sordid confines of a striptease joint in Paris. Poetic and vulgar voices mingle and diverge
through the present and past as each character tries to come to terms with his or her own
identity.'I just don't want to go Manuel. I don't want to! How can you think I'd like to see a
live sex act with lights and music! What do you think? They're going to charge you to watch it
on video? Of course they show their bodies. That's what it's all about. It's not me Manuel
listen to me. It's so intimate and foreign so... a man and a woman suspended only by their
panting showing everything to whomever wants to gather the fruit. And we in front watching
the ups and downs of desire borrowed or true I don't know. How can they ignore the spectators
I wonder. Just a matter of practice my dear. We're in Paris!
