This is a fabulous book about a man who is found floating in the Pacific Ocean without any memories of who he is. The natives bring him back to life and by coincidence he calls himself Kilroy. He becomes a Japanese fighter pilot, experiences the Hiroshima bombing on his own body, travels trough the US, China and Tibet - a fantastic trip trough the last 50 years of world events. His life story gets mixed up with that of many other people - famous and unknown. Fate has a plan for everyone.

This book is a thriller, you will not be able to put it down. It entertains as well as opens up a door to understanding what the Tibetan people have been going through since the 1950s. I highly, highly recommend that this book be translated into English. And when it does, you will want to read it several times.

I don't have much to say that isn't up top. I liked the narrative device though it did seem to slip up now and than -- the story being told by a ghost who embodies different creatures or things. I also thought it a little odd that the boy learns to read so quickly. Hardly faults to think twice about though. It reminded me of a Merchant and Ivory picture with a kid instead and, perhaps, a little lighter.

An amazing novel, that combines tragedy and comedy, myth and realism, the childhood novel and the great love story, a small, incredibly Danish society, and the dream of the adventures of the wide world... A beautiful story, beautifully written, even in translation. Despite the complex structure and "difficult" language, it is hard not to get caught by Ib Michael's writing - This is, in my opinion, his best book so far.

This is an amazing love story. A young boy plays host to the ostensible narrator of the tale, a 'guardian angel' who turns out to be one of the parties in the story of a love lost and finally found again. It ranks as one of the most beautifully written stories I have ever read.