Throughout A’s life, the common thread has been chaos. He has a history of trickster antics that often start on a whim and end in trouble. This collection of stories—darkly funny and unflinchingly honest—builds a memoir of A’s life through a series of vignettes, replaying successes and failures from adolescence to adulthood. In each story, A delves into his past to parse vivid memories: a road trip gone awry, marriages beginning and ending, late nights, long days, and the hardest decisions. Filled with black humor, stories of youthful rebellion, and observations...