Novelist Daniel Alarcon ("Lost City Radio") spins a tale of Nelson, a young man living in South America who joins a theater troupe and tours the unnamed country in which he lives for performances. Nelson sees the results of the recent war on other areas of his homeland and gets to know his fellow actors better, though a secret between the performers may destroy their relationships. "He's getting a ... creepy education about what goes on in these towns," Nelson says of the protagonist. "It's about difficult rural life."
