 It was published in the United States in 2008 by Small Beer Press.Set in Cambodia, it tells the story of Map, a policeman and former Khmer Rouge, and young motoboy William as they search for the gold leaf memoirs of the 12th Century king Jayavarman VII, which have been stolen by a former lieutenant of Pol Pot.The memoir is fictional, but Jayavarman is not, and an account of his life and reign is told in a parallel thread.