In the 1970s, in an Alpine industrial town, the teenager Egon is afraid of his mother, a drama queen, his religious mad grandmother and his sadistic gym teacher. His life is a bit easier mainly because of his friend Fric, his constantly smoking neighbor Roman and his uncle Viktor, a truck driver who is full of life wisdom.

With this novel, Miha Mazzini described his growing up for the first time in literature, which he continued with the books Otroštvo (2015) and Osebno (2022).

Based on this book feature film was released which received many awards in Slovenia and abroad.