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The Less Said

by Paul Bergstraesser

A final gathering shadowed by an unknown plan

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A final gathering shadowed by an unknown plan

P-, a man in his sixties diagnosed with what he calls “terminal cansha,” agrees with his wife and college-age son to hold a celebration of life. As friends and family gather at a tropical destination for one weekend, another plan hangs over the occasion: P- has hired a killer, though neither the time nor place of the killing is known. At his son’s request, P- also records fragments of memory on a voice recorder. The book brings these recollections into an end-of-life story built around the tension between a family celebration and the threat P- has set in motion.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in fiction about end-of-life decisions and family gatherings.
  • Readers who enjoy dark comedy alongside a serious premise.
  • Readers drawn to stories that incorporate recorded memories and reflections on a life.

Themes

Mortality and end-of-life choicesFamily and friendshipMemoryDark comedy

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Book overview

In The Less Said, readers dive into the obsessive, pessimistic, darkly comic mind of the 60ish narrator, P-. He's been diagnosed with terminal cansha, he calls it, and decides, along with his wife and college-age son, that a final celebration of life is in order. Over a single weekend, friends and family travel to a tropical destination to fete P- one last time. The wrinkle: P- has hired a killer to dispatch him over the weekend, the where and when unknown. Against this backdrop, P- compulsively records random memories from his life into a voice recorder, a request from his son. What emerges is an end-of-life story that deftly balances the play of irony and a heartbreaking humanity.

 

 

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