Alek Popov tells the story of two Bulgarian brothers who lost their father in America at the brink of change in Eastern Europe. It is a story of personal growth and quest for meaning beyond the delusions and clichés, introduced by the post-communist reality. The novel opens with a tragic scene; the family receives an unusual dispatch from the US a plastic black box containing the ashes of the late father. He was a well known scientist, professor of math, one of the few who were allowed to teach in the US during the 80s. Like many endowed people he had a turbulent character and an alcohol problem. The unexpected end of professor Banoff has left his two sons with a sense of trauma and insecurity. Since neither of them has seen the body, deeply inside they foster doubts: is he really dead? Was it staged? Why?
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