Max Wiez is a young man whose life has sunk to a new low. Blacklisted from the teaching profession, and having lost the love of his life, he escapes his mundane existence in Canada and journeys around the world. With a new life as a con artist, he encounters an eclectic mix of outcasts, lovers, spiritual mentors, and threatening mobsters. This is a story about the nature of deception, cultural alienation, unrequited love, and spiritual awakening. Set in the halcyon days of Prague after the collapse of the Berlin Wall, in Thailand, Montreal, Greece, and in Spain, this humorous story recounts the ironic and surreal romp of a GEN Xer who refuses to abide by life's absurd conventions.