The book is about a man that get his leg removed after an accident. You get to see how this affects his life and the way he sees life. I didn’t like the book that much, and I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone since a lot of other books are much better. That being said it still got to me at some point. I think we all need an Elizabeth Costello in our lives to shake things up a bit. The character manages to make me appreciate life a little bit more.