A transgender Korean orphan, adopted by a middle-class American family who opines on his new identity, his perhaps delusional skills as a detective and the meaning of his younger brother’s suicide engages on a journey of discovery through his former life and that of his brother.

Visiting his childhood home to participate in a memorial honoring his deceased sibling on the anniversary of his suicide presents both opportunities and pitfalls for Dan Moran, now a published author and teacher of writing in Brooklyn. Estranged from his remaining brother and negotiating a touchy relationship with his adoptive parents he begins to investigate the circumstances surrounding the tragedy that is bringing them all together. Seeking former acquaintances, friends, co-workers and teachers who might have insight into the reasons for his brother’s fatal decision he finds little satisfaction and no positive conclusions.

He is, throughout, much conflicted himself, unsure of his place despite the life-change he has chosen in order to validate his true identity. Many people ask him about his “sister” who seems not to be in attendance, some even mistaking him for his own brother, adding to the confusion and potential for misunderstanding and misdirection. He seems to be in a constant state of self-delusion and/or alienation concerning himself, his family, his dead brother and the remaining distant, cold sibling.

There is also a degree of metafictional content in that the author refers multiple times to the current book, its title, and the title of his previously published novel “Sorry to Disrupt the Peace” which is also the title of the book written by the protagonist of the story. The suggestion of an autobiographical aspect is intriguing, if perhaps also fictional.