The posthumous literary debut of one of the most renowned documentary filmmakers of our time. A novel for everyone: those who have ever stayed in a hotel room, those who have ten minutes left until their connecting flight begins boarding, those who can't find a channel they want to watch among the 496 on their TV, those who enjoy reading serialized novels in newspapers and/or rereading their favorite books, maids who know everything about people in hotels, taxi drivers who are everyday travelers with many breaks of uncertain duration. Michael Glawogger's novel tells the story of a "he" who loves to travel and journeys around the world. It features keenly observed episodes from the life of a curious man who stays in increasingly similar hotels around the globe.