Told entirely in rhyming verse by a middle-aged poet, Kamal is the story of Kamal, a teenage boy who couldn’t be happier with his life.

Kamal loves his family’s beautiful estate in Bel Air. He loves to paint and chase butterflies. He loves his parents. And he loves his teacher, who encourages him to pursue happiness above everything else.

But Kamal has one love which surpasses all others — and when this love causes his paradise to fall apart, the distraught Kamal begins an epic journey across modern America, true to his teacher’s philosophy, always pursuing the “greater happiness” wherever it may lead him.

For every book that's published one/
exists — at least as good — which none/
have heard of, books which editors have spurned./
A Xanadu porlocked! Lolita burned!”

– from Kamal, Book One, by Zireaux
Canto V, Stanza 119