The themes of Paul Flora's brilliant descriptions include subjects and personalities such as Charlie Chaplin, Saul Steinberg, Alfred Kubin, Kurt Moldovan, Fritz von Herzmanovsky-Orlando, venerable Austrians, authentic Viennese, original Tyroleans and seductive Venetians, adventurers, demons and monsters, monarchs and courtiers, go-getters, heroes and sea battles, art, caricatures and the cinema – a collection from Flora's world previously known to us only through his drawings: cheerful yet melancholy revelations, accompanied by an excellent biographical text.