A collection of stories by a Trinidad-Canadian writer. In The Road to Santiago de Compostela, four people on a religious pilgrimage debate the nature of love, while in The Third Terrace a Toronto artist searches for unusual models for his paintings, prostitutes with mutilated hands.

Michael. The night piece ; Kuala Lumpur ; Metaphysics of morals -- Despair: five stories of Ottawa -- Andre. The third terrace ; Horse ; My anabasis -- The road to Santiago de Compostela.