More about the novel . . .
A masterful , moving novel about age , memory , and family from one of the true literary icons of our time .
Ptolemy Grey is ninety-one years old and has been all but forgotten-by his family , his friends , even himself-as he sinks into a lonely dementia . His grand-nephew , Ptolemy ’ s only connection to the outside world , was recently killed in a drive-by shooting , and Ptolemy is too suspicious of anyone else to allow them into his life . until he meets Robyn , his niece ’ s seventeenyear-old lodger and the only one willing to take care of an old man at his grandnephew ’ s funeral .
But Robyn will not tolerate Ptolemy ’ s hermitlike existence . She challenges him to interact more with the world around him , and he grasps more firmly onto his disappearing consciousness . However , this new activity pushes Ptolemy into the fold of a doctor touting an experimental drug that guarantees Ptolemy won ’ t live to see age ninety- two but that he ’ ll spend his last days in feverish vigor and clarity . With his mind clear , what Ptolemy finds-in his own past , in his own apartment , and in the circumstances surrounding his grand-nephew ’ s death-is shocking enough to spur an old man to action , and to ensure a legacy that no one will forget .
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