Summary of The Man Who Wasn’t There

The Man Who Wasn’t There is a novel by bestselling author Thomas Berger. It tells the story of an ordinary man named Joe, who is mysteriously absent from his own life. Joe wakes up one day to find himself inhabiting an alternate reality, where no one knows him and his entire past has been erased. As he gradually pieces together the events that have led to his strange predicament, he uncovers a sinister conspiracy that threatens to upend his reality. He must ultimately decide whether to stay in the alternate world and attempt to unravel the mystery, or risk his life and return to his own.