Abstract
One night in New York, Quinn, a writer, is telephoned by someone asking to speak to Paul Auster, a private detective. At first, he hangs up but at the second call, interested, he decides to play the role of this detective and accepts a meeting. He is asked by Peter Stillman to follow his father who has been freed from jail after having cloistered his own son during all his youth. During all the stalking, the father has a weird behaviour which is reported to Peter. Comes a day when Quinn loses him, and decides to give up his life in order to finish his job. He becomes a homeless living on the street, just in front of Peter's flat in case his father comes around, until he learns that Peter has moved, and his investigation came to an end.
