A bizarre kaleidoscope, all facets of which turn to the reader from different angles and eventually gather in an amazing novel about memory, perception and the cyclical nature of history. 1988. The young historian Saul Adler is going to the GDR . Shortly before his departure at the Abbey Road pedestrian crossing, he is nearly hit by a car.. Without attaching importance to this, he rushes to meet with his girlfriend to recreate the famous picture from the cover of the Beatles, but a failed accident will launch a chain of events that at first glance it is difficult to find an explanation - they seem to contradict each other and occur out of time. Why is Saul's girlfriend so unceremoniously put him out the door? Is his German translator - an agent of the Stasi or is he himself a victim of surveillance? Why does he wear a toy wooden train in his jacket and what does pineapple have to do with it?