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A review by larawalden
One Last Thing Before I Go by Jonathan Tropper
4.0
I'm teetering on a 3.75 for this one.
Tropper's latest novel introduces us to Dean Silver, ex-drummer for Bent Daisies, whose one hit "Rest in Pieces" gave Silver just enough fame to make his natural assholishness that much more spectacular. We meet him two weeks before his ex-wife is about to remarry, and shortly before he learns that he has a fatal condition that can be reversed through surgery. But why bother, when his life has become one giant clusterfuck?
I enjoy Tropper's writing. Often, it makes me laugh out loud. His protagonists have such malfunctioning normal meters that their actions (or, more often, their dialogue both inner and outer) balance precariously on the edge of realistic and bat-shit crazy.
I found the beginning of this book slow going. It wasn't until about halfway through that I got into its rhythm (and Silver was a drummer... see what I did just there?). Once I did, it was funny, and touching, and enjoyable. And the ending? Quite possibly one of my all-time favorites.
Tropper's latest novel introduces us to Dean Silver, ex-drummer for Bent Daisies, whose one hit "Rest in Pieces" gave Silver just enough fame to make his natural assholishness that much more spectacular. We meet him two weeks before his ex-wife is about to remarry, and shortly before he learns that he has a fatal condition that can be reversed through surgery. But why bother, when his life has become one giant clusterfuck?
I enjoy Tropper's writing. Often, it makes me laugh out loud. His protagonists have such malfunctioning normal meters that their actions (or, more often, their dialogue both inner and outer) balance precariously on the edge of realistic and bat-shit crazy.
I found the beginning of this book slow going. It wasn't until about halfway through that I got into its rhythm (and Silver was a drummer... see what I did just there?). Once I did, it was funny, and touching, and enjoyable. And the ending? Quite possibly one of my all-time favorites.