Sometimes the hardest boundaries to see . . .are the ones youve already crossed.Twenty-nine-year-old Jeffrey Delanne is teaching English in France but having a tough time stretching his measly paycheck one month to the next. When hes not worrying about his bar tab, hes struggling with the language, trying to justify his countrys imperialist actions to every French person in sight, and wondering just what the hell hes doing abroad. Desperate for a few quick euros, Jeffrey takes on some translating work for an eccentric Arab businessman. But the job turns ugly, and Jeffrey is forced to do things he never thought himself capable of, torn among guilt, a host of criminal impulses, and a haunting paranoia hed never known back home.But maybe its not just paranoia. Soon Jeffreys colleagues, his students, and even the women in his life begin hinting at dark secrets, and Jeffrey starts to suspect that hes been lured into a brutal game whose implications go far beyond this unassuming corner of the world.Now his life may depend on his willingness to transform himself into somethingsomeonewholl stop at nothing to survive.From the Trade Paperback edition.