Written from the point of view of each of the six main characters, the book explores themes of adultery, war, Israeli national identity, and diaspora.

[1] Gabriel Arditi, an Israeli living in France, returns to Israel penniless in order to retrieve his dead grandmother's belongings, only to find out that she, though in a coma, has not yet died.

Adam, the garage owner, takes Gabriel back to his home to work as a translator for his wife, Asya, in order to pay off the debt.

Recruiting Na'im, an Arab boy who works in his garage, the two begin to search for the blue Morris under the guise of running a nighttime towing service.

Promising Veducha that they will locate Gabriel, Adam pays Na'im to be her live-in caretaker and continues his overnight towing operations.

Upon arrival to the scene, Adam discovers that the black car that had collided with him was a repainted blue 1947 Morris, and suspects that the driver was Gabriel.

Growing out his sideburns and beard, Gabriel used the jacket to disguise himself as an ultra-Orthodox Jew and returned to civilian life by repainting his grandmother's car, which he had been using for work as a chauffeur for his adopted Haredi community ever since.