L'inventeur de la chaise empilable, dépassé par son unique succès, finit par sombrer dans la folie. Un roman implacable et un travelling étourdissant sur la Côte Ouest des Etats-Unis.
Humbert Klumbert is Austrian, designer, and compulsive. In the 70's, he invents a revolutionary stacking chair. In 1992, he is a forty years old young retired millionaire and lives in a minimalist apartment in Santa-Monica. His days are regulated by a precise diagram, an immutable ritual, as he believes. Threats smoothly rise in background : the riots of Los-Angeles, close encounter of an amnesic auditor from Fairfax, a gigantic dark haired women, some signs, a cop and the Dillon hurricane approaching the west coast of the United States.And more…