The Mole

Somewhere on an island, a man, after learning he has not got long to live, decides to write a novel he believes will be a masterpiece and serves as his contribution to literature and society. But something goes wrong. The ambitious project our protagonist embarks upon is divided into ten books. In Book I, the narrator takes the reader through his creation. The creator confines himself to a room and constructs his work between sleep and wake. Willem, the main character, falls into mischievous behavior and disrupts proceedings. He initiates a coup d'etat, establishes a tribunal, and charges his creator with literary treason.