{"product_id":"i-see-youve-called-in-dead-john-kenney","title":"I See You've Called in Dead (John Kenney)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eINSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003eA 2025 NPR \"Books We Love\" Pick \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e April Pick\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Razor-sharp, darkly comedic, and emotionally piercing. With the satirical bite of Richard Russo's \u003ci\u003eStraight Man\u003c\/i\u003e, the introspection of Fredrik Backman's \u003ci\u003eA Man Called Ove\u003c\/i\u003e, and the reinvention of Andrew Sean Greer's \u003ci\u003eLess\u003c\/i\u003e, Kenney's vivid prose transforms the mundane into unexpected hilarity.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn Indie Next \u0026amp; LibraryReads Pick\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the AudioFiles Earphones Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Office\u003c\/i\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eSix Feet Under\u003c\/i\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eAbout a Boy\u003c\/i\u003e in this coming-of-middle-age tale about having a second chance to write your life's story.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eObituary 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).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJohn Kenney\u003c\/b\u003e is the bestselling author of two novels and four books of poetry, including \u003ci\u003eTalk to Me\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLove Poems for Married People\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLove Poems for People with Children\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLove Poems for Anxious People\u003c\/i\u003e. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eTruth In Advertising\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Thurber Prize for American Humor. He is a longtime contributor to \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e magazine's Shouts \u0026amp; Murmurs column. He lives in Larchmont, New York, with his wife, Lissa, a therapist, and two children, whose names currently escape him.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Print PDF, Englisch, 304 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63612298527069,"sku":"K097743809","price":15.1,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/241371-9774380900001A.jpg?v=1771991099","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/i-see-youve-called-in-dead-john-kenney","provider":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}