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The novel follows Boris Kostomarov, an engineer in Soviet Russia, who, through conflicts with bureaucracy, moral questioning, and the fates of people in remote forests, reveals the complexity of Soviet society and the price of personal conscience.
The last commander of the 68th Battalion, a Vukovar defender, Drago Maksimović, is also the author of the book "Breviary of Hopelessness", which talks about the problems of the defenders after the Homeland War.
The novel does not offer a classic plot with a clear beginning and end, but rather acts as a series of internal images and feelings, further emphasizing the scattered nature of the world it describes.
Through a series of episodes, the novel depicts everyday life in the age of inflation, love relationships, political tensions and a growing sense of hopelessness, but also irony and humor as a way of survival.