From the back of the book: "Ed Kennedy is an underage cabdriver without much of a future. He's pathetic at playing cards, hopelessly in love with his best friend, Audrey, and utterly devoted to his coffee-drinking dog, the Doorman. His life is one of peaceful routine and incompetence until he inadvertently stops a bank robbery.
That's when Ed becomes the messenger. Chosen to care, he makes his way through town helping...."

After having enjoyed the book thief, I was keen to read more from Markus Zusak. I thought his older book would be ok to good, but it turned out to be amazingly enjoyable.
Well written, well thought up and through story that I am tempted to read again right away or the latest the next time I feel down.