A book about a son - and his fathers: "I once had seven fathers in seven years. This is the story of that time. If any of it sounds fabricated, you can be sure it's true." Christmas 1983, in a house in the Swedish forests. While the snow is falling outside and a little boy is waiting for Santa Claus, a violent confrontation ensues inside, which leads to the mother slipping a secret. The seven-year-old boy named Andrev learns that day that his father is not his real father. He lives in a country far away and has long black hair. Like an Indian, says the mother, and points to the elbow so that the boy really understands it. The boy's heart leaps for joy. That's the best he's ever heard. It feels to him like he's a boy in a book about a boy who has just learned that his father is the king of a mysterious realm. It feels to him that a good spirit will soon come to take him there. But that's not the case. No good spirit will come, only new fathers who are not his own.