She’s been flung into a bizarre world alongside three companions: two are deeply weird and the third is her awful cousin Graham.
She has to solve a series of nearly impossible clues, defeat a dictator who can’t pronounce the letter ‘r’ and deal with three thousand Wimbley Woos (yes, you read that sentence correctly).
And the whole situation – the whole, entire thing – is her fault."
Ce roman de Dino Buzzati traite de façon suggestive et poignante de la fuite vaine du temps, de l'attente et de l'échec, sur fond d'un vieux fort militaire isolé à la frontière du « Royaume » et de « l'État du Nord ».