Jakub Roszkowski

One morning, the protagonist is woken up (or is it still part of his dream?) by mysterious figures who accuse him of not taking part in the competition going on in the world, of living ‘too slowly’, of being a grey ‘everyman’ – a nobody.

A group of blockheads-dressers want to get money for a vacation, not necessarily with honest work. They combine in various ways, finally coming up with the idea of kidnapping a child for ransom. Thanks to their intelligence, they kidnap a boy from an orphanage. As if that wasn't enough, two paid assassins are also commissioned to kidnap the same child.

One morning, the protagonist is woken up (or is it still part of his dream?) by mysterious figures who accuse him of not taking part in the competition going on in the world, of living ‘too slowly’, of being a grey ‘everyman’ – a nobody.