In the summer of his first paper route, as he walks the tenement canyons of his hometown, Eugene begins his journey of self-awareness. It is a summer of Sahara afternoons, of lingering evenings, full of questions and mysteries. It is the summer of his first love, of exciting encounters with enemies. But it is most especially the summer of the airplane and the bond it creates between Eugene and the distant, enigmatic father he adores. Lyrical and hauntingly beautiful, this is a touching, tender chronicle of a son's relationsship with his father.