Living in Hong Kong, as a Neil Diamond impersonator, Neil is destitute, abandoned and unloved. He is desperately trying to cling to the last hope that can make all the abeyance worthwhile. His weary body and spirit, suddenly begin to make tragic decisions that go against obvious ethics, slowly changing a man’s convictions to appease his ego.

The desperation that arises from this character’s choices versus the voice of reason very much mirrors humanity’s. Neil’s struggles are our struggles. Through very meticulous prose, some of the best I’ve seen, I often found myself ignoring the slowness of the plot, knowing that there was a greater story to be told. Perhaps, there was even salvation.