In a busy little city in a forgotten corner of the Baltic in an office onthe square the beloved mayor of Dot lies on his office floor peering beneathhis door. T... » 

In a busy little city in a forgotten corner of the Baltic in an office onthe square the beloved mayor of Dot lies on his office floor peering beneathhis door. Tibo Krovic has come to work from his house down at the end of abluetiled path. Hes taken as usual the tram seven stops and walked thefinal two. Hes stopped for strong Viennese coffee. And now Tibo Krovic islooking at the perfectly beautiful feet of his voluptuous unhappily marriedsecretary Mrs. Agathe Stopak. The Good Mayor is badly in love. And over thecourse of days months and years amid lifes daily routinea fallen lunchpail a single touch . . . a handwritten note and then a terrible choiceheand Agathe must come to terms with this thing that has seized hold of themboth exploring the tastes of desire and despair love friendship andbetrayal. . . . Until fate magic and their own actions lift them from theirmooringstoward an utterly unexpected future. Their tortuous road to blissis fraught with phantom circus performers malevolent painters rotund lawyersmysterious fortunetellersand every single one of loves astonishing littlecruelties and miracles. «