Twelve minutes to take a shower, twenty-three to eat breakfast, then off to catch the tram and head to work to deal with his case files. Jean's future, as a lawyer at the prestigious Montesquieu law firm, was planned with military precision—until the death of his father and a disturbing case of infanticide shattered his carefully ordered routine. Gradually, the eccentric residents of his apartment building, a colourful community of artists, draw him into their world and into a life where boredom simply doesn't exist.
Olive, his neighbour across the landing, an artist who smokes a pipe. Bébé, the elderly lady. Mika, the poet with a flair for extravagant outfits. Bébert, known as "Doc", the revolutionary feminist pirate. Each of them has a part to play in Jean's initiation into madness.
