John Dufresne's glorious new novel is a tragicomedy about love and death that highlights the absurdities of everyday life and in the same breath reveals heart-wrenching truths. The comedy is what makes the tragedy bearab...John Dufresne's glorious new novel is a tragicomedy about love and death that highlights the absurdities of everyday life and in the same breath reveals heart-wrenching truths. The comedy is what makes the tragedy bearable, what prevents us, as readers, from finally turning away from the irreversibility of death and the disappointments of love.