"The Zero"

The story struck my interest. Warner's independent film branch has hired German Directer Christian Alvart to direct the film, "The Zero".
Based on a satirical political novel, "The Zero" centers around a man who has constant memory lapses and is put to work by a rather sketchy industry to study and analyze all the scraps of paper blown around the city the day of 9/11. Eventually he finds himself in the midst of a corrupt government plot.
Sounds kind of cool, I'm wondering how 'satirical' it could be. Hopfully not enough to hurt what sounds like a pretty interesting story-line, but then again I have not read the book. More on "The Zero" as it comes.