Summary

After a page stating that Little Red Chairs symbolize the Bosnian war, the novel opens on the small Irish town known as Cloonoila, which is located by a river.

On a particular day, a man stood by the river (according to later reports, dogs barked unusually often that night). He entered the local bar/hotel which was tended by a man named Dara. Dara noticed that he man was old, had a white beard along with white gloves. Dara began making small talk with him, which the mysterious man did not seem particularly receptive to. The man asked Dara to help him find somewhere to stay while he drank brandy. He called around, and at the end of the conversation, the man handed Dara his card which stated that his name was Dr. Vlad Dragan, a healer and sex therapist...