赫伯特，一个单一的和胡思乱想的邮票收藏家，运行在维也纳的邮票商店，和他年迈的姑妈一起生活。一天切斯特，上运行伤员的银行抢劫犯，七嘴八舌他偷来的钱到赫伯特的车库。由漆弹，因为它已被标记和赫伯特是一个专家在去除污渍从邮票，他…

The novel, written by Yoram Kaniuk, centers on former circus clown Adam Stein who was spared the gas chamber so that he might entertain thousands of other Jews as they marched to their deaths. Stein is now the ringleader…