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The Succubus Romania Interspersed among the narrator’s accountsIn an unnamed city shrouded in mist, Valent Kosima is a retiree living quietly yet discontentedly with his TV addicted wife. To escape the claustrophobia of home, he masquerades as a man of means and takes to spending his nights strolling . . . In an unnamed city shrouded in mist, Valent Kosima is a retiree living quietly yet discontentedly with his doped up, TV addicted wife. To escape the claustrophobia of home and city, he masquerades as a man of