The hero of this amazing novel, in which mythological reminiscences are intricately intertwined with a completely realistic description of the life of the American outback, the legendary Minotaur works as a cook in a roadside restaurant. Once a ferocious monster, this half-man, half-bull has lost all his bloodthirstiness over five thousand years, turning into a good-natured, lonely, vulnerable creature, a victim of our civilization.