Every day, Karl Kolhoff, an elderly bookseller, delivers books to his customers' homes. These are special customers for whom Karl selects special books. Karl calls each of his clients by the name of a literary hero (Hercules, Faust, Effie, and Mr. Darcy) and visits each of them regularly, taking a literary stroll along the same route.
But one day, a girl joins him, disrupting the ritual and literally bursting into the lives of Karl and his customers.
This is an extraordinary story about friendship and understanding, about books, bookworms, and the paths that life leads us down.
