Oceane es una joven diseñadora gráfica que vive cómodamente en el sur de Londres tras hacerse rica de manera inesperada, con la creación de un juego de ordenador. Lo tiene todo: desde una casa equipada con el último grito en tecnología hasta una imaginación desbordante. Aunque le encantaba viajar, ahora no le entusiasma salir de casa. En realidad, ha decidido no pisar más la calle y se pasa el día en pijama, disfrutando de su particular paraíso doméstico e, incluso, viajando sin moverse de su piso. En el pasado, Oceane trabajo unos meses como actriz porno en un conocido club nocturno de Barcelona, el Babylon, un microcosmos donde convivió con personajes pintorescos y hasta tuvo un novio, Walter. Ahora, Oceane empieza a recibir cartas misteriosas de Walter, supuestamente muerto, que le prometen revelarle la verdad sobre los extraños acontecimientos que sucedieron en Babylon.

The second time I flipped this thing over to make sure I wasn't reading some Nick Hornby piece of trash, I quit. ( )

A glorious romp of a book that I polished off in a couple of days. The subject matter - sex clubs and war zones - is well outside my comfort zone, but handled with such humour and humanity that it is not only bearable but engaging. Recommended. ( )

An agoraphobe who pays to have the world brought to her receives a letter from a person she knew in her younger, wilder days when she wasn’t afraid of leaving the house. The only catch is that the person has been dead ten years. As she sets out to find the man—without ever leaving the house, of course—we get glimpses of her life. Great fun and insightful, Fischer has a keen eye for human eccentricities and psychology. ( )

Another humorous tale from Mr. Fischer. It tells the story of Oceane, agoraphobic ex-dancer, with an obsession for indoor travelling. After receiving a letter from her deceased ex, she hires the likes of Audley, a seemingly unhinged debt collector, to help her in her mission of discovering more of her ex's letters. Weaving in and out of past and present situations, we follow Oceane and Audley in their short journey that has bought them to where they are now.
Another tremendously funny, witty novel, with sarcastic undertones, It captures Tibor Fischers unique writing style and hurls it at you full force. The characters are well developed, the story easy to follow and funny. (I especially liked the section in Barcelona while Oceane is working at the sex club.) Definitely a novel for the modern urbanite. ( )