A mailman so obsessed with his job isolates himself from reality.

Sylvanus Hurley is a swindler who's been swindled: he's been given a deed to a large plot of mangrove swamp in the out-of-the-way community. So he decides to con the locals, some of whom are not as honest as he....

菲尔是一名邮递员，尽管他热爱自己的工作，但他内心真正渴望成为一名作家。然而，一个人要如何成为有创造力的人呢？当他负责投递区域内的一位老妇人离奇死亡时，菲尔认为自己找到了答案。他怀疑这其中存在谋杀行为，于是陷入了一场调查的旋涡，希望能挖掘出一个引人入胜的故事。但就像《绿野仙踪》里的多萝西一样，菲尔发现……