The first part of this book is a collection of stories about a man named Jake, originally American, who has been living in Jerusalem for many years. It shows the complexity of life in a complex city, viewed and experienced from a small neighborhood on the border between East (Palestinian) Jerusalem and West (Jewish) Jerusalem. The second part of the book contains miscellaneous stories, some quite short, set in many places in the world, including several in which the protagonist possesses supernatural powers. Some of these short stories are humorous.
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