Flann O'Brien writes a novel about a writer/student who writes a novel about a writer who writes a novel about several characters who have finally had enough of it and start writing an alternative ending.

This says really everything you need to know about this book. The plot is simple, but the cast is complicated and O'Brien keeps moving back and forth which makes for even more confusion.

The characters are also quite different, because they were created for different novels but forced to live together with their author so that he might better control them - which obviously they dislike.

Hard, but rewarding reading!