In this ecclectic collection of short stories you are invited to cross the boundary that precedes death. You will do it accompanied by the haunting sounds of a cool club-land saxophone player, a Mexican mythomaniac`s ideas of true beauty, a Tibetan monk as he contemplates his way out of a Chinese prison, and the secret caller of a Russian Duchess. Join the frantic train ride of a rock `n` roll star and the legacy in its wake. Listen in on the chopped up confession of a plastic surgeon condemned to death. Learn the false reasons for the murderous example taught by a Mafia boss in Rome. Here are narratives about narrowly survivng on your knees, alone on the high seas and necessarily so on nothing but gourmet dinners. They are crowded with escape artists, witty critics and spy novel writers with emerald eyes. And in one of them you will be shown how too much luck can become a sadly striking experience.