Led by his nightmares, David B. sets off in pursuit of Emile Travers, who is haunting Paris, refusing to die and continuing to publish the mysterious 19th-century journal Incidents in the Night, recounting fantastical and esoteric facts as if they were the truth. Dusty bookshop shelves become archeological digs as the author excavates layers of myth, fact, and fiction. Blending mythological characters, the author’s personal acquaintances, and the criminal history of Paris, this fresco unveils a new face of autobiography, one with its eyes closed.