Featured in the New York times and on npr, y: the last man is the gripping saga of yorick brown, an unemployed and unmotivated slacker who discovers he is the only male left in the world after a plague of unknown origin ...Featured in the New York times and on npr, y: the last man is the gripping saga of yorick brown, an unemployed and unmotivated slacker who discovers he is the only male left in the world after a plague of unknown origin instantly kills every mammal with a y chromosome. Accompanied by his mischievous monkey, ampersand, and the mysterious agent 355, yorick embarks on a transcontinental journey to find his long-lost girlfriend and discover why he is the last man on earth.