Max Frisch is a talented author who I need to read more of. This is especially great, since it's only 107 pages, and you can get through it in a couple of hours. The story follows the thought process of an old man, Geiser, as his mind begins to fail him. He fills his life (and the pages of the novel) with fragments of encyclopedias and the bible, and continually loses track of time and touch with reality.