Mr. Bones, the heroic dog of Paul Auster's astonishing book, is the sidekick and confidant of Willy G. Christmas, a brilliant and troubled homeless man from Brooklyn. As Willy's body slowly expires, he sets off with Mr. Bones for Baltimore in search of his high-school English teacher and a new home for his companion. Mr. Bones is our witness during their journey, and out of his thoughts Paul Auster has spun one of the richest, most compelling tales in recent American fiction.

骨頭先生是保羅‧奧斯特廣受歡迎的小說中英勇的狗狗，也是來自布魯克林區、聰明卻多災多難的流浪漢威力‧克里斯馬斯的好搭檔。由於身體狀況每況愈下，威利便帶著骨頭先生出發到巴爾的摩找尋他的高中英文老師，也替狗狗尋找新主人。讀者們透過骨頭先生見證整段旅程，透過保羅‧奧斯特的巧思，讓這則故事成為近代美國小說中內容最豐富又引人入勝的作品之一！