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Byron's exuberant masterpiece tells of the adventures of Don Juan, a handsome and charming young man naturally gifted with the ladies. After his first illicit love affair at the age of 16 in his native Spain, he is exiled to Italy. Following a dramatic shipwreck, his exploits take him to Greece, where he is sold as a slave, and to Russia, where he becomes a favorite of the Empress Catherine, who sends him on to England.

It's 24 December 1999. Byron Easy, a poverty-stricken poet, half-cut and suicidal, sits on a stationary train at King's Cross waiting to depart. He has in his lap a bin-liner containing his remaining worldly goods - an empty bottle of red wine, a few books, a handful of crumpled banknotes. As the journey commences he conjures memories of the recent past, of his rollercoaster London life, and, most distressingly, of Mandy - his half-Spanish, Amazonian wife - in an attempt to make sense of his predicament.

War Lord Byron ein Spion? Der Verdacht liegt nahe, denn nur Spione verwenden seltene Sprachen zur Verständigung. Das Alt armenische ist eine solche Sprache und bis heute in den höchsten Spionagekreisen beliebt. Byron hatte den Ehrgeiz, genau diese Sprache - mit mehr oder weniger Erfolg - in Venedig zu erlernen. Die Grammatik war für ihn Konversation und Obsession zugleich, zwischen seiner Schwester und anderen Frauen seines Lebens, zwischen Mönchen und Duellanten. Auf der Suche nach Abenteuern, auf der Flucht vor der Langeweile...

Little Starhorodivka, a village of three streets, lies in Ukraine's Grey Zone, the no-man's-land between loyalist and separatist forces. Thanks to the lukewarm war of sporadic violence and constant propaganda that has been dragging on for years, only two residents remain: retired safety inspector turned beekeeper Sergey Sergeyich and Pashka, a 'frenemy' from his schooldays. With little food and no electricity, under ever-present threat of bombardment, Sergeyich's one remaining pleasure is his bees.

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