This book mainly talks about showbiz and how seemingly superficial and materialistic that world is. The story was set in Cannes, during the film festival. Thousands of people flocked to this part of France to hopefully, get lucky with someone rich to help them along in their lives, to help them get into the world of the "superclass". The superclass is the class of rich men and women, with fame and power- the class that glittered like diamonds and gold.
A Russian mogul, Igor, came to Cannes to "send a message" to his ex-wife, who had left him for someone else. His idea of a message, unfortunately, revolved around the concept of killing others to prove his love. His actions did not win back the love of his wife and he soon, was disillusioned by his love for this woman, whom in his opinion, had left him for fame and adoration. However, the truth was that his wife left him because he was always too busy in acquiring wealth, and he had a terrible cruel streak in him- killing people when he deemed them as being an inconvenience to him.
I didnt quite like this book, as compared to The Alchemist. Although there were moral undertones in this book, it all seemed a little too much of a cliche. Yes we do know some industries are superficial and obsessed with things that are fleeting, but they will continue to exist because of the vanity streak in human beings. We like and seek beautiful things, even though we know nothing material in this world lasts, and beautiful things can only satisfy you that much. Still, that is what we pursue to help ease the burden we carry on our shoulders, to take our mind away for just an instance, the ugliness we see everyday.
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