The Cavemen Chronicle Art Criticism and History who once dreamed of being

who once dreamed of being a poet

At first the narrator’s parents fret most about the villa’s physical deterioration

as Ireland stumbles clumsily toward modernity

in Almería

It would be impossible to prepare an outline of the plot (as opposed

The Cavemen Chronicle Art Criticism and History who once dreamed of beingThe bunker like caf in Tallinn known as "The Cave" is the epicenter of bohemian culture in Soviet era Estonia. The caf's regulars, the "Cavemen," escape the dreary reality above ground with vodka and high minded discussion in their private hideaway. Told from the perspective of a gossip columnist, the novel traces the lives of several of these misfits as they attempt to pursue careers as artists, writers, and politicians in pre and post perestroika