What you'd get if you asked Franz Kafka to write a coming-of-age sci-fi novel of the "the Dome is the World" variety.

The majority of the book has the protagonist teenage - that obviously believes the World is not the Dome - having various forms of abuse put upon him. The theories about the Dome never amount to much. Characters often talk past each other rather than to each other.

At some point a Doctor Who comes around and explains the backstory of the premise. Then there's a few more pages, and then the book ends.