About the book: 1960 / Only for the sake of money, the American Jeff agreed to work in this Vietnamese hole. For the time being, his love for young Nhan and drinking saved him from terrible melancholy. When the American, by pure chance, stumbled upon a cache of diamonds, it was as if a demon had possessed him - greed turned Jeff into a wild beast, and he killed his servant, the Vietnamese Hauma. From now on he is an outlaw and will do anything to escape from Vietnam and sell the damned diamonds...