A young, gay German actor secretly accompanies a Cambodian girl living in Germany to America. They have adventures in New York and Las Vegas. He knows everything about her but doesn't know that she knows everything about him. So she becomes his angel, although she is a villain.

Variations 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 can be read as stand-alone stories, but for a full understanding of the novel philosophy, the connecting thread that runs through the entire novel, the interweaving of characters and their situations, it's better to read the Variations in numbered sequence.