New novel by the author of "The Boy in Striped Pyjamas" . In Paris lives an ordinary boy Pierrot . His mother is French and his father is German. Dad went through World War I and was permanently traumatized mentally. And although at home Pierrot is not all right, he is happy . His parents adore him, he has a best friend Anshel, with whom he communicates in sign language. But this cozy world is about to disappear . In the yard the second half of the 1930s. And soon Piero will be in Austria, in a wonderful house on top of a mountain. Pierrot will now be called Peter, and he will have a new adult friend A new friend has a mustache with a brush, a beautiful lady named Eva and the smartest German Shepherd Blondie He is kind, intelligent and very energetic. Only for some reason the servants are afraid to death, and the guests who are in the house are talking about the greatness of Germany and that it is time for all of Europe to learn about it. A poignant, disturbing and incredibly consonant with our time novel, which became, in fact, a continuation of the “Boy in striped pyjamas”, although the characters are completely different.