Lucky's Last Theory: A Novel

An epic literary mystery probing mind, memory, and the will to survive

Meet Lucky Wellington, a plastic surgeon sucked down the rabbit hole of dementia and into an underworld of despair but also wonder. Confined to a medical research asylum of dubious intent, Lucky is determined against all odds to understand and address the sudden disappearance of his lover as well as his own failing mind. Follow him on a roller-coaster quest into the fantastic while also confronting such timely topics as devaluation of memory in the modern age, loss of recall from the point-of-view of the afflicted, the struggle to accept catastrophic medical reversal, and, at the story's core, Alzheimer's Disease.

The novel takes the form of an editorial reconstruction of barely legible journal entries by the protagonist to yield a graceful fluid narrative. Offbeat but upbeat, filled with humor and heart, Lucky's Last Theory is a spirited yet serious frolic exploring mind, memory, and an increasingly prevalent dark side of the contemporary human condition.