One day at work, unsuccessful puppeteer Craig finds a portal into the head of actor John Malkovich. The portal soon becomes a passion for anybody who enters its mad and controlling world of overtaking another human body.

本书里，作者集中记录了作者对民国初期，亦即“北洋军阀时代”的寻找与发现。站在袁世凯、黎元洪、段棋瑞、吴佩字、张作霖五位武人和杨度、章士刽、李大刽、陈独秀四位文人的故址上，流连盘桓，瞻前顾后，我忍不住又“独语”起来。 鼓励我用自己的话表述历史的，是本书主人公之一陈独秀先生。他老人家至死不说假话。他说“我不敢自吹我是敢于说老实话，我只自誓：宁可让人们此时不相信我的说话，而不愿利用社会的弱点和迎合青年的心理使他们到了醒觉之时，怨我说谎话欺骗了他们！……说老实话的人一天多似一天，说老实话的风气一天盛似一天，科学才会发达，政治才会清明，社会才有生气……

Two North Korean soldiers are killed in the border area between North and South Korea, prompting an investigation by a neutral body. The sergeant is the shooter, but the lead investigator, a Swiss-Korean woman, receives differing accounts from the two sides.

Jan Schlickmann is a cynical lawyer who goes out to 'get rid of' a case, only to find out it is potentially worth millions. The case becomes his obsession, to the extent that he is willing to give up everything—including his career and his clients' goals—in order to continue the case against all odds.

Léon, the top hit man in New York, has earned a rep as an effective "cleaner". But when his next-door neighbors are wiped out by a loose-cannon DEA agent, he becomes the unwilling custodian of 12-year-old Mathilda. Before long, Mathilda's thoughts turn to revenge, and she considers following in Léon's footsteps.

花朵语录：我们一生中总要遭遇到离开心爱人的痛苦，那可能是分手，也可能是死亡，对此即使我们早有准备也无力承当。人类惟一应该接受的教育就是如何对这种痛苦，但是从来没有人教给过我，我们都是独个地默默忍受，默默摸索，默默绝望。
说得简单化一点，这部长篇还是一个“始乱终弃”的故事，一部现代版的《莺莺传》。但从它感人的程度而言，却几可与《一封陌生女子的来信》相比，只是茨威格的小说带有更多男性立场的美妙幻想，而这部新作则有着更多现代女性的悲切思考。它通过她凝重的笔墨和充满哲理的叙说，呼唤着一种在现代社会已属罕见的爱情——书中称此为“吸血鬼的爱情”。