New Year's Eve. The last day of the last year of human existence. A high-ranking minister criss-crosses the city with blood on his hands, a dying necrophile attempts to go clean before God, and a traumatized nurse is pressured into keeping a powerful secret. With undisguised glee, a nameless narrator unravels these twisted tales of moral turmoil, all of which are brought to an abrupt close by a cataclysmic collision of time and space. What will remain on New Year's Day? An exhilarating, provocative carnival of a novel, from one of Europe's most distinctive literary voices.

Andrej Nikolaidis (born 1974) is a Montenegrin-Bosnian novelist and journalist. An ardent anti-war activist and promoter of human rights, especially minority rights, Nikolaidis initially became known for his outspoken political views. His previous novels translated into English include The Coming, Till Kingdom Come and The Son, which was awarded the European Prize for Literature in 2011.