He is cornered by his creditors, so he agrees to become a paid informant for the French customs to report drug trafficking.

He quickly finds himself drawn into events more and more dangerous and ends up being prosecuted as number two in a major drugs operation.

The action takes place mostly in the area around La Línea, Gibraltar, and Algeciras in Andalucía, Southern Spain, and in the Strait that separates the Spanish mainland from Morocco.

Marc's bar is opposite the entrance to the marketplace in La Línea, the frontier town with Gibraltar.

It is the mid-1980s, after the Spanish transition to democracy and before the sophistication of the drugs trade across the Strait became more complex.