All the names, by: José Saramago

Joseph K. that Kafkawi surveyor, called here Mr. Jose, a man living in the kingdom of shadows: it is a city without a name, swept by rain, fully inhabited by unknown-name ghosts. Every morning, Mr. Jose closes himself behind the barren walls of the General Archives Center affiliated with the Personal Status Department, to monitor the files of the living and the dead alongside the corrupt-minded bureaucrats. Pages 287