The author is fascinated by the ordinary. He flits from the diaries of a suburban housewife to those of the prime minister, and back to provincial obscurity with the letter pages of the regional press.

作者被普通百姓所吸引。从郊区家庭妇女到首相的日记，再到拿着当地出版社的信件的小人物，通通都是他描写的对象。