In a divided Europe still reeling from the horrors of the Second World War a Roumanian under the cover of being a University teacher, Elek Felso plays the dangerous game of spy for the Communist Securitate and the Central Intelligence Agency. But the secret he is willing to kill for is love for other men and as the Iron Curtain falls like a cleaver across europe Elek meets the men and women who will shape the rest of his life. In his fight for presevation and happiness sex and murder walk side by side.