Literary Social Club: I see You've Called in Dead by John Kenney

Tue Nov 18 2025 at 11:00 am to 12:00 pm UTC-05:00

Clason's Point Library | The Bronx

NYPL Hunts Point Library
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Literary Social Club: I see You've Called in Dead by John Kenney
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Humorous & Touching, this story looks at how death teaches us to live!
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November 18th title: I See You've Called in Dead by John Kenney

A 2025 novel about Bud Stanley, an obituary writer who, after a drunken night, publishes his own obituary, leading him to being listed as dead in his company's system. This prevents him from being fired, giving him a forced second chance at life. As Bud awaits his fate at work, he does the only logical thing, with the help of his best friend and a new acquaintance, he goes to the wakes and funerals of total strangers to learn how to live again.

John Kenney is a New York Times bestselling author and winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor. He has been a contributing writer for The New Yorker since 1999.

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Clason's Point Library, 1215 Morrison Avenue, The Bronx, United States

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