Both a private history and a universal tale, the first volume in this genre-defying series traces the lives of four friends on a journey of tragedy and self-discovery. Along the way, they navigate the treacherous intersections of love and comradeship; they experience the redemptive power of art; they learn how right is not always rational and how the probable is not always the real. They are the patron saints of the imperfect and the everyday, of foolish stabs at freedom, and of losing everything for love.