{"product_id":"i-see-youve-called-in-dead-9798989923014","title":"I See You've Called in Dead","description":"\u003cp\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\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBud 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 realize that life may be actually worth living.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThurber Prize-winner and \u003ci\u003eNYTimes\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Kenney is the author of two novels and four books of poetry. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eTruth In Advertising\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Thurber Prize for American humor. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eTalk to Me\u003c\/i\u003e, which received a starred Kirkus review, and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eLove Poems for Married People\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a long-time contributor to \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Zibby Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51187403063570,"sku":"9798989923014","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_73bbc5dd-2fcd-41a6-9f9f-012ea91c0006.jpg?v=1744641694","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/i-see-youve-called-in-dead-9798989923014","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}