Author: Jonathan
Tropper
Title: One Last Thing
Before I Go
Plot Outline: Drew Silver hasn’t gotten much right in his
life for quite a long time. He lives at
the Versailles, an apartment complex for divorced men. He’s also let down his daughter Casey on many
occasions. Life is continuing on this
downward slope when Drew suddenly collapses.
The diagnosis is a tear in his aorta, which can be repaired with an
operation. Silver makes a radical
decision not to have the operation, given how he’s lived his life over the past
few years. This decision means he will
die soon, and the aftermath of the decision is much debated throughout.
Impression after reading:
Tropper is one of my go-to authors.
He does such a terrific job with flawed characters and making the reader
realize that despite how disappointing these flaws can be, there’s so much
still to love about the character.
Reading One Last Thing Before I Go reminded me of Jonathan Franzen. Tropper’s style isn’t as dense as Franzen’s,
but his tendency to give his characters surprising quirks or habits (such as
Silver’s blurting out his internal monologues aloud) makes his novels so
compelling, and One Last Thing Before I Go is no exception.
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