The Hole is about Oghi, who has been in a coma after causing a car accident that killed his wife, and left him paralyzed, mute, and disfigured. Oghi is severely neglected and left alone in the world with only his mother-in-law, a widow grieving the loss of her daughter despite her suspicions about his marital fidelity and his role in the accident, to care for him. His mind races with thoughts of his wife and the troubled relationship he had with her.
His flashbacks display a selfish and narcissistic man who didn't connect with his wife, a smart woman who had achieved most of her life goals except for one: to have a garden in front of their house. Oghi notices his mother-in-law working in the abandoned garden, uprooting the progress his wife had made, obsessively digging larger and larger holes. his mother-in-law about what she is doing, she responds with "I am finishing what my daughter started."
This gothic book has been compared to the works of Stephen King and Shirley Jackson — tell me again why it's not a movie yet?