About This Book
Hapless Leo, at age sixty, can't catch a break. As a caregiver facing years of servitude, a love-lost marriage, and having endured a mirthless career fixing and selling vacuums, he's doomed. So, he thinks. Life sucks. Ending it all takes shape as a meticulous suicide plan: a quick departure, accidental from appearances, and painless. Hopefully. Before leaving, the meek Leo shares his theory about life and happiness, with his hulk of a neighbor, Mosby. The two are a classic mismatch: Leo the cerebral type, Mosby, a lower-watt bulb. But Mosby is a faithful friend, off-key, and impossible for Leo to shake. The theory is simple yet brilliant in a gambler's way. Leo seeks to leave earth with enough good years behind him in balance with the bad ones to be called a winner. Mosby is intrigued and confounded by the idea. What happens on the night of Leo's planned final departure sets the tone for a figurative ride the two men will take for the next twenty years. A crazy trip involving Leo's second and third thoughts on life, a pivotal accidental death or two, a mercy killing, prison, and some timely Godly wisdom imparted. The story's final part is an ensemble tour-de-force set at a senior living home that welcomes the two friends who bring some spirit, hijinks, and a few tears to B-Wing. The Last Act is a rapid-fire, dark humor, buddy story, sometimes irreverent, improbable yet real, with surprises at every turn. Leo-and Mosby-eventually discover the secret to life, one built on a universal truth that many people miss unless they open their mind's eyes. The answer is never far away if you pay attention. It was there all along.
