For the past ten years, Jules Danver has been the star presenter of the national television news. At the height of his fame, he is brought down by a financial payment from an African political party. Removed from the screen overnight, he is forced to disappear from public view and hide from the media.
His life falls apart, as does his relationship with his beloved daughter, Judith. Abandoned by everyone, he flees his country and seeks refuge in Cuba, where he has extraordinary encounters with Fidel Castro, Che Guevara and Ernest Hemingway. His journey then takes him to an exhausted Venezuela and into the hell of the Amazon rainforest. But Hemingway continues to watch over him: to survive, he must write.
