The action of the novel takes place in Dubrovnik , Paris , Zagreb , Koln , Berlin , Belgrade .
“.....In short I was growing up in the milieu in which no one was to differ. And I did differ and in many ways. Cheerful, curious, laughing....falling in fove, foolish as soon as there was a woman somewhere around. Can you believe Loreta that I haven't got up refreshed after a night's sleep for twenty years?.....”