The Boy Who Stole Knowledge, a fictional memoir, recounts the memories of a boy abandoned by his mother in a movie house, who creates a fictionalized version of his life based on films he has seen. He fills in the blanks with images, memories and nightmares taken from storylines absorbed long before he understood the life being remembered in his head belongs to someone else. He wanders through the lives of four father figures, stealing knowledge and whatever he may need on his journey to an elusive truth.