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The OfficemeetsSix Feet UndermeetsAbout a Boyin this coming-of-middle-age tale about having asecond chance to write your life's story.
Bud Stanley is an obituary writer who is afraid to live. Yes, his wife recently left him for a 'far more interesting' man. Yes, he goes on a particularly awful blind date with a woman who brings her ex. And yes, he has too many glasses of Scotch one night and proceeds to pen and publish his own obituary. The newspaper wants to fire him. But now the company's system has him listed as dead. And the company can't fire a dead person. The ensuing fallout forces him to realise that life may be actually worth living.
As Bud awaits his fate at work, his life hangs in the balance. Given another shot by his boss and encouraged by his best friend, Tim, a worldly and wise former art dealer, Bud starts to attend the wakes and funerals of strangers to learn how to live.
Thurber Prize-winner andNew York Timesbestselling author John Kenney tells a funny, touching story about life and death, about the search for meaning, about finding and never letting go of the preciousness of life.
'Razor-sharp, darkly comedic, and emotionally piercing. With the satirical bite of Richard Russo'sStraight Man, the introspection of Fredrik Backman'sA Man Called Ove, and the reinvention of Andrew Sean Greer'sLess, Kenney's vivid prose transforms the mundane into unexpected hilarity.' Booklist(starred review)
Title: I See You've Called in Dead
Format: Paperback Book
Release Date: 09 Jul 2025
Author: John Kenney
Sku: 3299806
Catalogue No: 9798991140256
Category: Modern & Contemporary
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