This was the last book I read. I don't read all that much anymore but my fiance gave it to me and said I would like it. As usual, she was right.
It's about an elderly, cynical and angry man who decides he is going to commit suicide but each attempt gets inadvertently thwarted somehow. There is also a second timeline running throughout that explores his childhood and, mostly, his relationship with his wife. It's funny, sweet, tender and in places very sad.