One of many books that I recently acquired for the purposes of sharing it with others.

I have not a single clue what it was that I just read. Completely unclassifiable. I kept reading because it was not awful and because I wanted to see if I would ever figure out what the book was about. I did not. The back cover says, "can be read as a parable, an allegory, a work of fiction -- or exactly what it claims to be: a helpful handbook for the recently deceased." I suppose it might function as the last one, if the afterlife is anything like the pointless wasteland that the book describes -- I have no way of knowing. I did not find the "uncommon wisdom . . . uncanny perceptions , and unexpected humor" promised by the cover, although I can definitely attest to the presence of the promised "bizarre imaginings". The whole reason I picked up this book was that I had seen the title listed somewhere on a list of weird book titles and it was on the bargain book shelf and I thought it might be off-beat like Douglas Adams or even philosophical like Mitch Albom. Not. At the end of the day, I am left wondering what the point was.

This book is one of many being passed along to potential readers at the Gaithersburg Book Festival by members of BookCrossing in Washington DC (BCinDC).

Any future reader or recipient of this book is encouraged to leave a journal entry here on the BookCrossing site to let prior readers know the fate of the book. You can make an anonymous entry without joining the BookCrossing movement, but if you are interested in joining, it is a free and spam-free community where your contact information is not shared with others. Best of all, members receive private messages via e-mail from books like this one when those books are journaled, allowing for long-term relationships between books and readers.

This was leftover at the end of the 2022 Gaithersburg Book Festival. I think I'm going to hang onto this one for a bit - it looks like a fun read.