I See You've Called in Dead

I See You've Called in Dead is a 2025 novel by John Kenney about Bud Stanley, an unhappy obituary writer who, after a divorce and a bad blind date, drunkenly writes and accidentally publishes his own obituary. Since his company's system now lists him as dead, they cannot fire him, leaving Bud to attend the funerals of strangers with his best friend to find the meaning of life and learn to live fully. The story combines dark humor with poignant reflections on death, loss, and life's preciousness, acting as a coming-of-middle-age tale.