A peculiarity of Buchwald's career; while a lot of his books have not aged well, this one is likely to hang on (along with his memoirs of reporting from Paris), because of the fact that he is reporting on something close to him. In this case, his pending death from a variety of complications. It's more or less an account of his final weeks of life, from the point of view of the hospice where he was staying. The humour here is, unlike his political work, authentically funny. ( )

The experience of death, when we know it is coming soon, as opposed to having no known time frame, always changes the quality and character of our goodbyes. Art Buchwald had the dubious luxury of knowing approximately when, but had months more than he expected, prompting people to ask, "Why aren't you dead yet?". He shares his personal views and funny stories as he knowingly appraoaches death. Art Buchwald was one of my all-time favorite columnists and I never missed reading his whole article when I saw it. This book meanders a little into the past, perhaps setting records straight and making public amends, and sometimes in more detail than I care to know but that said, this is an oddly comforting book as perhaps only Art Buchwald could have written. After a year of personal upheaval myself, it made me smile and wish him "Bon Voyage", as he says, "Wherever I end up". He is and will be greatly missed by his extended family of readers. ( )

I suppose Mr. Buchwald is just too flippant for me. He jokes about death and dying. I suppose at times it can be funny and surely relived his stress but I can't help but feel sorry for him. ( )

Touching and laugh-out-loud funny. We should all be so beloved as Art. ( )

Very touching book.
Displays Art Buchwald's courage, humor and self-less sharing with others about what its like to be in a hospice setting, facing and accepting his death coming around the bend.