A girl sitting on her own in a cafe late at night is approached by a boy she dated two years previously. Her beautiful sister sleeps as she has done for two months watched only by a mysterious man on an unplugged television. Another girl is violently beaten. The narratives connect and disconnect. Characters zoom in and out of focus as the night draws on and morning approaches. We observe the scenes as voyeurs looking through a camera tracking its movements. We hear the conversations and the strange, frequently surreal series of events flow. The beautiful descriptions conjure a melancholy feeling, an understanding of why the girl has chosen to sleep. Locations have a mystic and magical quality that disguise their humdrum ordinary nature and allow the novel to flow like a strange dream. At times, this seductive fable is held back by lengthy passages of rather mundane dialogue but otherwise this is a bold and captivating story.