Troubled by an inability to find any meaning in his life, the 25-year-old narrator of this deceptively simple novel quits university and eventually arrives at his brother\'s New York apartment.
He yearns to get to the bottom of life an.
He befriends a small boy who lives next door.
He endlessly bounces a ball against the wall.
He faxes his meteorologist friend.
He becomes obsessed by time and whether it actually matters.
In a bid to discover what life is all about, he writes lists.
Troubled by an inability to find any meaning in his life, the 25-year-old narrator of this deceptively simple novel quits university and eventually arrives at his brother\'s New York apartment