01836cam a2200325 i 4500 2108098513 TxAuBib 20250414120000.0 250318s2025||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9798989923014 hardcover TxAuBib rda Kenney, John T., author. I see you've called in dead / John Kenney. I see you've called in dead : a novel. I see you have called in dead. New York, NY : Zibby Publishing, 2025. 294 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Bud 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. As 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. 20250414. Obituaries Fiction. Journalists Fiction. Wake services Fiction. Funeral rites and ceremonies Fiction. Self-actualization (Psychology) Fiction. Humorous fiction. lcgft BSBPL