A love story set in two countries in two radically different moments in time, bringing together a young man, his mother, a boa constrictor, and one capricious cat.

In 1980s Yugoslavia, a young Muslim girl is married off to a man she hardly knows, but what was meant to be a happy match goes quickly wrong. Soon thereafter her country is torn apart by war and she and her family flee. Years later, her son, Bekim, grows up a social outcast in present-day Finland, not just an immigrant in a country suspicious of foreigners, but a gay man in an unaccepting society. Aside from casual hookups, his only friend is a boa constrictor whom, improbably -- he is terrified of snakes -- he lets roam his apartment. Then, during a visit to a gay bar, Bekim meets a talking cat who moves in with him and his snake. It is this witty, charming, manipulative creature who starts Bekim on a journey back to Kosovo to confront his demons and make sense of the magical, cruel, incredible history of his family. And it is this that, in turn, enables him finally, to open himself to true love -- which he will find in the most unexpected place

• We started tracking this book on November 28, 2016.
• This book was $12.99 when we started tracking it.
• The price of this book has changed 89 times in the past 3,305 days.
• The current price of this book is $4.99 last checked 19 hours ago.
• This book is at its lowest price in the past year.
• The lowest price to date was $2.99 last reached on February 4, 2019.
• This book has been $2.99 one time since we started tracking it.
• The highest price to date was $14.99 last reached on September 5, 2022.
• This book has been $14.99 4 times since we started tracking it.

• Literature & FictionGenre FictionLGBTQ+ FictionGay Fiction
• Literature & FictionGenre Fiction
• LGBTQ+ eBooksLGBTQ+ FictionGay Fiction

• Text-to-Speech: Disabled
• Lending: Disabled
• Print Length: 255 Pages
• File Size: 52 KB