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There's a certain dark humor in One Last Thing Before I Go. Drew Silver is a 44 year-old, divorced, almost-successful one-hit wonder musician, contemplating his life when he finds out a heart condition is going to kill him if he doesn't get surgery. Sounds bleak but the author manages to make this anti-hero more than a schlub.

From the publisher:

“Mistakes have been made.” Drew Silver has begun to accept that life isn’t going to turn out as he expected. His fleeting fame as the drummer for a one-hit wonder rock band is nearly a decade behind him. His ex-wife is about to marry a terrific guy. And his Princeton-bound teenage daughter Casey has just confided in him that she’s pregnant—because Silver is the one she cares least about letting down.

So when Silver learns that he requires emergency life-saving heart surgery, he makes the radical decision to refuse the operation, choosing instead to spend what time he has left to repair his relationship with Casey, become a better man, and live in the moment—even if that moment isn’t going to last very long. As his exasperated family looks on, Silver grapples with the ultimate question of whether or not his own life is worth saving.

There were many funny, laugh-out-loud moments, as well as some poignant moments. And some cringe-worthy moments, too. This was an audiobook and the narrator, John Shea, was very very good.