The novel is written as a work of epistolary fiction and metafiction focusing on a fictional documentary film titled the Navidson Record, presented as a story within a story discussed in a handwritten monograph recovered by the primary narrator, Johnny Truant. The narrative makes heavy use of multiperspectivity as Truant's footnotes chronicle his efforts to transcribe the manuscript, which itself reveals the Navidson Records supposed narrative through transcriptions and analysis depicting a story of a family who discovers a larger-on-the-inside labyrinth in their house.
the novel is written as a work of epistolary fiction and metafiction focusing on a fictional documentary film titled the navidson record presented as a story within a story discussed in a handwritten monograph recovered by the primary narrator johnny truant the narrative makes heavy use of multiperspectivity as truant's footnotes chronicle his efforts to transcribe the manuscript which itself reveals the navidson records supposed narrative through transcriptions and analysis depicting a story of a family who discovers a larger-on-the-inside labyrinth in their house