These are stories about real-life figures, such as Christopher Columbus, Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley, Joaquim Nabuco, Florence Maybrick, Toussaint Grugel, Dona Balbina, Pop, Carlos Drummond de Andrade and so forth), as well as characters forged out of pure phantasy, which include a parrot (Ishmael), an adventurer (Roberto Indiana), a carnival frolicker (Tristan), a serial killer (Wagner), a psychoanalyst (Luigi Tosta), a midia mogul (Arthur Shapiro), an Amazon navigator (Captain Redondo), a nymphomaniac (Natasha) etc.