As Haiti has descended into a chaos of looting, factional fighting and prison breakouts, it has threatened a repeat of the refugee crisis of the mid-1990s, when tens of thousands of Haitians fleeing violence washed up on the shores of America and other Caribbean islands.
Manipulated by a mysterious black-clad man who rescues him from prison and seeks the names of his conspirators, the bewildered young protagonist is driven mad by the chaos and absurdity that engulfs him.