He had read a glowing review of it in the New York Times. He bounced off it, but tried again a few years later, when he thought it brilliant and life-changing. When he looked for other works by the same author, he discovered that the book itself was out of print, the author had never written anything else, and noone seemed to have heard of him or the book. So he sets out to find out more, in the process visiting many other authors, teachers, and literary agents and has many conversations about writing, reading and the art of the novel. To say more would spoil what is a strangely suspenseful story. The process of detection and the complex road Moskowitz follows on his search add up to a fascinating and ultimately quite moving film.