这部1973年的小说由安部公房创作,讲述了一位无名男子放弃自己的身份,头顶一个大纸箱生活的故事。在东京街头游荡时,他遇到了各种各样的人物。。一位身败名裂的联邦调查局探员,被停职,在失去母亲的痛苦中挣扎,来到了她小时候常去的小山村。她得到了一个特殊需要的男孩的朋友,他拥有非凡的天赋,通过他坚不可摧的精神和独特的人生观治愈他人。虽然她很受伤,但她开始透过他的眼睛看到拼图的碎片。。While rowing out in the ocean, Mitch rescues an underwater photographer, named Linda, floating on some wreckage. Linda's somewhat disjointed, frantic story about something attacking her in an underwater cave which killed her partner and destroyed her boat is misconstructed by Kay Morgan, an ambitious, publicity seeking newspaper reporter, who creates a media frenzy by starting rumors about a "creature in the bay." Harvey Miller, the new lifeguard and prankster, benefits from the events by selling undersea creature T-shirts. Meanwhile, Shauni rescues a young girl from drowning and soon becomes compelled to rescue the girl, her brother and their mother from the life they live in the slums of South-Central L.A., much to Eddie's chagrin. While Shauni deals with her possessive father who disapproves of her lifeguard job, Mitch also pressures Captain Thorp to ask for funding for new advanced motorboats, called Scarabs, for the team.。