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One Last Thing Before I Go: A Novel, by Jonathan Tropper
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"Tropper’s characters are likably zany and fallible, and perhaps more important, funny. One Last Thing Before I Go is a poignant story about facing death and celebrating life, even when things seem well beyond repair." --Newsweek/The Daily Beast on One Last Thing Before I Go"The richly talented Tropper (This Is Where I Leave You) has created an acerbic, middle-aged lost soul who will ultimately illuminate the reasons we stick around on this lopsided planet despite significant temptation to let it go. Readers will love Silver and want to throttle him in equal measure. Eminently quotable, hilariously funny, and emotionally draining, this arresting tour de force will entertain well after the book is done." -Library Journal (starred review) on One Last Thing Before I Go“…a bristling, witty tale of woe that'll make you appreciate whatever good things, no matter how few, have come your way.” –Entertainment Weekly on One Last Thing Before I Go
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About the Author
Jonathan Tropper is the New York Times bestselling author of five previous novels; Plan B, The Book of Joe, Everything Changes, How To Talk to a Widower, and This Is Where I Leave You. His books have been translated into over twenty languages. He is also a screenwriter, and the co-creator and executive producer of the HBO/Cinemax television show Banshee (produced by Alan Ball), premiering in 2013.
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Product details
Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: Dutton; Reprint edition (May 28, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0142196819
ISBN-13: 978-0142196816
Product Dimensions:
5.4 x 0.7 x 8 inches
Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review:
4.2 out of 5 stars
405 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
#307,602 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
Note: Spoiler Alert:I was moved by this book. I suspect Tropper's goal was to write a novel about the power of impending death and of truth. I believe he succeeded. Silver, the protagonist, is a train wreck of a man. He is divorced, living in an apartment house with a group of other unhappy divorced men and is wracked with guilt about his irresponsible behavior as a husband and father. He had a brief fling with fame as the drummer with a one-hit rock group and his drugs-sex-and rock and roll behavior was his undoing. He has no hopes for a better future. When he discovers he has a bad heart which needs immediate repair he decides to forego the surgery. Impending death frees him and he begins speaking the truth regardless of how much pain and devastation it causes for daughter, ex-wife and others. This truth, however, ultimately brings about powerful, positive change. I found Silver both fascinating and appealing. I suspect the author knows a bit about playing drums and this lent some additional authenticity to the book. Tropper's writing style reminded more than a little of Richard Russo's. It shows a similar patience, fluidity and honesty; although he is not as funny or as textured.
When beginning to read One Last Thing Before I Go, it is hard to not be somewhat skeptical as to what the book would encompass, but with all books, it is important to attempt to stay open minded. After reading the entire book, I can say that my original skepticism was well warranted. The novel, written by Jonathan Tropper (a middle aged white man), tells the story of Drew Silver (another middle aged white man), who has let his life fall into pieces around him. His constant need to remind himself and those around him that his life is pathetic becomes obnoxious once it is made clear that Silver has made practically no attempts to save his failed marriage or mend his once strong relationship with his daughter Casey. The conflict of the novel comes in the form of Silver’s self-ultimatum, when he chooses to not receive life saving heart surgery and instead wait to die. One particularly weak aspect of the book, which is abundantly discussed in Ron Charles’ review “Troppers ‘One Last Thing Before I Go’†in The Washington Post, is the tone of the writing, which switches between Silver’s self-pitying reflection and unrealistic small-talk that fills the pages of the novel, whether it be with Casey, his parents, or Jack and Oliver, two equally pitiful divorced men who Silver has befriended. When Casey comes back into Silver’s life to divulge the information that she is pregnant, since (as she tells him) she cares the least about letting him down, four pages are filled with quick back and forth “witty†comebacks thought up too quickly, followed by pages on pages reflecting on his and Casey’s pasts. After Silver refuses medical treatment, there are a countless number of flippant jokes about death thrown at or by Silver from all directions, including from his father, who, although he pushes for Silver to get the surgery, seems to only nudge. Last but not least, Silver is caught time after time spewing overly cheesy declarations of his love for others, such as with his ex-wife Denise, and acknowledgements of his wrongdoings, such as with Casey. Neither of these does he ever fail to do without an audience, whether it be Denise’s fiancé or an entire Bat Mitzvah party. A second but no less harmful issue in the novel is the lack of any round or developed  character other than Silver. Although Casey and Denise both are given chapters that shed light on their inner thoughts, Casey recollecting losing her virginity and Denise thinking over her past marriage, they still never form into much more than appendages of Silver, meant to display all that he has lost. Neither Jack, Oliver, Silver’s parents, Silver’s brother, Denise’s fiancé Rich, nor Silver’s strange and unfounded crush named Lily are expanded on at all, although many of them play varyingly important roles in Silver’s life. In agreement with Charles’ Washington Post review of the novel, there are surely good ways to write about an empty and haunted people. Books such as Madame Bovary touch on humans who have little meaning in their life, but comparing their eloquence and poignancy to the dry humor and empty characters of One Last Thing Before I Go is almost a cruel joke. Yes, there are undoubtedly humorous and heartwarming parts of the novel. Silver reminisces on past girlfriends and memories of childhood Casey with touching nostalgia and fondness. The playful banter between Silver and the other characters is pleasant and amusing, at least before it becomes overdone. But overall? If you are looking for a cliché and trite quick read with few ups and many downs, One Last Thing Before I Go may satisfy your appetite. Otherwise, the book may not be for you.
Having read the better-known "This Is Where I Leave You," I initially expected this book to be much the same, and in some ways, it is...Tropper has a thing about nebbishy fortysomething men who have destroyed their marriages through some combination of neglect and stupidity. "One Last Thing Before I Go," is a much subtler exploration of those themes, however. It's less laugh-out-loud funny, and more nuanced, though it still has Tropper's signature fantastically quotable lines and pitch-perfect, beautifully paced dialogue.The premise is simple enough: Drew Silver, a washed-up drummer from a band that had one major hit, lives at the ironically named "Versailles," a holding-ground for divorced men and other sad sacks. His ex is on the verge of a second marriage; he is estranged from his daughter. Into the middle of this comes a surprise medical emergency and the subsequent fallout.In less-skilled hands, this could easily have become another sappy verse to some three-chord song about living like you're dying, but this isn't that. It's more an exploration of what it means, in very real terms, to have nothing to live for. Highly recommended.
Well. I loved This Is Where I Leave You. This one, not so much.First, it was not nearly as funny. Second, the MC - inexplicably called Silver - was just not the lovable loser he was made out to be. And, the reader is beaten over the head with the lovable loser concept. Perhaps in an attempt to make it be true.Silver's daughter is pregnant, his ex-wife is getting married, and he discovers that he needs surgery, soon, or else he will die. So he decides, eh, I'm never going to be anything more than a lovable loser, guess I'll just go ahead and die. Never mind that his wonderful parents are totally distraught, never mind that his daughter appears to want him in her life, never mind any of it, the story must go on and the story is that Silver would just prefer to die. He knows what changes he'd need to make to have the life he'd like to have, I guess he just doesn't have the energy to make them. Ugh.The worst of it for me, though, was the quirky movie scene-ness of most of the book. I say, write a book, and if you're lucky enough that it's made into a movie, they can add the stopping-dead-on-the-highway-on-ramp scene, or the sing-your-one-hit-wonder-song-out-of-nowhere-at-some-kid's-bar-mitzvah scene later. Almost all of the scenes in the book felt like they were written to entice a movie producer. Or many of them. Just annoying. Did not love this book. At all.
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