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I See You've Called in Dead -- John Kenney, Hardcover

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Cover Image for I See You've Called in Dead -- John Kenney, Hardcover

I See You've Called in Dead -- John Kenney, Hardcover

$27.99

INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER One of NPR's Book We Love 2025 A Gotham Book Prize Finalist An Indie Next & LibraryReads Pick AudioFiles Earphones Award Winner Library Journal Audio "Editor's Picks of the Year" 2026 Lariat Adult Fiction Reading List Pick

"Razor-sharp, darkly comedic, and emotionally piercing. With the satirical bite of Richard Russo's Straight Man, the introspection of Fredrik Backman's A Man Called Ove, and the reinvention of Andrew Sean Greer's Less, Kenney's vivid prose transforms the mundane into unexpected hilarity." --Booklist (starred review)

Obituary writer Bud Stanley isn't really living his best life. He's fallen into a funk after a divorce. (She left him for another man, who, in fairness, was far more interesting.) He's not doing his job well. He's given up on dating. And he's about to be fired for accidentally publishing his own obituary one mildly drunken night (though technically the company can't legally fire a dead person).

As Bud awaits his fate at work, he does the only logical thing: He goes to the wakes and funerals of total strangers to learn how to live again.

Author: John Kenney
Publisher: Zibby Publishing
Published: 4/1/2025
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05 lbs
Size: 8.4" H x 5.5" L x 1.2" W
ISBN: 9798989923014

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