<div>Set in 1992 at the outbreak of the war in Yugoslavia, the author, a Croatian writer and editor for Sarajevo Television keeps a diary of the extraordinary events as they unfold around him. The book details the author's diary entries, in which he describes not only the horrifying war; the looting, stealing, and betrayal that became commonplace, but also the mental strain of war on the individual. This diary was written under permanent fear of discovery and was smuggled out from Pale to the Hungarian border at the risk of torture and reprisals.<br></div>