Alexander Adabashyan

Zarezin, a circus employee is tasked with driving Bodhi, a sick elephant, to be euthanized. He is joined by a pretty trapeze performer who was left behind. Together this unlikely trio make their way towards the death house and the end of Bodhi. Along the way, life and love intervene.

Set in Moscow during the summer of 1953, this story follows two neglected children as they build a dog house in the aftermath of Stalin’s death.

The story begins with the acquaintance: Dr. Watson, in search for an home in London, rents an apartment at Misses Hadson’s straight arrow widow.

An imaginative girl fantasizes about the vivid adventures her parents may have taken in a dangerous journey throughout a fictionalized Russia.