Perhaps you have heard of Annas and Toms, perhaps you have even discussed what they represent often enough that you already have a name for their typology. Annas and Toms live in Berlin because that is where you go when you would rather not be from anywhere. Berlin is an abdication, it is an escape from the terrible period of human history through which anyone reading this review is being forced to live. If you are reading this review, then more than likely you care deeply about a plot of earth on the planet that is currently beset by political and social turmoil. More than likely you have lost sleep over something as significant and idiotic as politics. You are anxious and upset about at least one election. You worry about the safety and trajectory of your country. You give a damn. Did you know, reader, that it is possible to slough off all these awful worries like an irritating skin? Simply move to Berlin. Lithe and slender as Latronico’s novel, you too can troop off to the land of deracination like all Annas and Toms have chosen to do. {read}