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Canswer
Dylan Higgins is 33 and defeated by his own existence. His job is repetitive and unfulfilling, his wife has become cold and fixated on the superficial, and his personal life is in tatters following the death of his mother three years prior.
To Dylan, life lacks meaning. That is, until he learns that there isn’t much left of it. Diagnosed with inoperable throat cancer, Dylan forgoes his mundane urban existence and breaks free for the country, his place of birth and the town that helped raise him, in the hope of mending old wounds and rekindling friendships long since dormant.
Canswer is a darkly humorous and often touching account of one man’s struggle to find true happiness in the face of mortality.
To Dylan, life lacks meaning. That is, until he learns that there isn’t much left of it. Diagnosed with inoperable throat cancer, Dylan forgoes his mundane urban existence and breaks free for the country, his place of birth and the town that helped raise him, in the hope of mending old wounds and rekindling friendships long since dormant.
Canswer is a darkly humorous and often touching account of one man’s struggle to find true happiness in the face of mortality.
204 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 9, 2013
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December 17, 2013
I received a free copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.
"All I want before I die is to connect with a human on a basic spiritual level. I want to feel essential to someone. Desired and cherished and needed." –Dylan Higgins, Canswer by B.T. Hogan
In Canswer by B.T. Hogan, Dylan Higgins is given a death sentence of terminal cancer. He has six months tops before his body surrenders to his anarchic cells. The diagnosis sends Dylan on a quest to find some type of meaning in his life.
Dylan is an antihero. Bitter to the core, his snarky thoughts berate his wife, his job, the civility of society. With almost everything he encounters, he finds a flaw, even with death: “We value the dead more than the living. I’ll be dead soon, and when I die I’ll be overrated too.”
Dylan’s snide thoughts harbors dark truths I know I've had myself, just with not as much humor. If life is going to be meaningful, it’s now or never for Dylan.
Hogan stirs in questions about the afterlife, the purpose of life, and God’s image in this dramedy. All hefty topics that he’s written about in a digestibly light way. Yet, despite the amusing spins on Dylan’s thoughts on his impending death, the story isn't a Disney fairy-tale take on death. It’s realistic and raw and unexpected. Canswer is a story to pick up during a contemplative winter.
"All I want before I die is to connect with a human on a basic spiritual level. I want to feel essential to someone. Desired and cherished and needed." –Dylan Higgins, Canswer by B.T. Hogan
In Canswer by B.T. Hogan, Dylan Higgins is given a death sentence of terminal cancer. He has six months tops before his body surrenders to his anarchic cells. The diagnosis sends Dylan on a quest to find some type of meaning in his life.
Dylan is an antihero. Bitter to the core, his snarky thoughts berate his wife, his job, the civility of society. With almost everything he encounters, he finds a flaw, even with death: “We value the dead more than the living. I’ll be dead soon, and when I die I’ll be overrated too.”
Dylan’s snide thoughts harbors dark truths I know I've had myself, just with not as much humor. If life is going to be meaningful, it’s now or never for Dylan.
Hogan stirs in questions about the afterlife, the purpose of life, and God’s image in this dramedy. All hefty topics that he’s written about in a digestibly light way. Yet, despite the amusing spins on Dylan’s thoughts on his impending death, the story isn't a Disney fairy-tale take on death. It’s realistic and raw and unexpected. Canswer is a story to pick up during a contemplative winter.
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