The document summarizes the complex narrative structure of Mark Z. Danielewski's novel House of Leaves. It contains two primary narratives that bleed together: 1) The Navidson Record, a documentary film about a family discovering a haunted house with an infinite labyrinth and spiral staircase. 2) Johnny Truant inherits an unfinished manuscript describing The Navidson Record, and editing it sends Johnny into delusions as he confronts his own past. Both narratives involve a descent into hellish situations within the house or the characters' psyches.