Live, Laugh, Die

Dave Kessler sold mattresses for sixteen years, and nothing ever happened to him. Then came a lump under his arm, a lost lab sample, and one lie told in a bar at exactly the wrong moment. He told a friend he was dying. He wasn't. But the lie got a laugh, a hand on his shoulder, and a two a.m. video that went viral. Within weeks a slick marketer had turned his fake countdown into a business: an online course, a luxury retreat, an app, a podcast, and a supplement that was mostly vitamin C in a matte black bottle. Four years later, Dave has a mansion, a brand, ten thousand fans, and a nurse who sees straight through him. He also has a problem. The people he fooled are real, and so are the consequences. Then, in the cruelest joke of his life, a real diagnosis arrives, and nobody believes him. LIVE, LAUGH, DIE is a dark comedy and satire of the wellness industry, internet fame, and the lies we tell to be loved. It is a funny, savage, and finally tender novel about grief, mortality, friendship, a mother who sees everything, and the hard work of telling the truth. Perfect for readers who love dark humor, unreliable narrators, morally gray protagonists, and stories where redemption costs something. "The best career move of my life was a lump under my left arm."