Overview

Now a USA Today, Chip Jacobs returns with a gripping tale of brotherhood, recklessness, andfootloosesouls inthe anything goesof late-seventies Southern California. Astheir elite, all-boys prep schoolturnscoed, transforming from suburbanLord of the Fliesto gender-roiled soap-opera, two unlikely friends-Luke Burnett and Denny Drummond-alternate rescuing each other from self-destruction amid troubled home lives. Eager to maximize their era as invincible seniors at Stone Canyon Prep,theyand their palscommandeer Bob's Big Boy, explore the secret world beneath Caltech,stumble intoa possibly-supernatural lab animal, andgrapple with near-ODs at a playoff game. Just asour heroesmanage tograduate, their bond is shattered by a wild gunshotthat'll hauntthem for decades. Twentyyears later, Luke is a high-powered journalist with anosedivingcareer, while Denny, a visionary software engineer, is socked bya terminal diagnosis.Desperate to make amends for that coyote shot, Denny guilts his estranged friend into helping him, all climaxing with a Hail Mary bid to demystify mortality, with an assist from Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, whilereconnectingwith what matters most. Later Daysis a powerful exploration of the ties that bind and break us. Perfect for readers drawn to rollercoaster friendships, forgiveness, and the raw beauty of life skimming its edgesto Near-Death Experience.With insight into Pasadena's buried histories and the psychological baggage of growing up in the shadows of ""Great Men"" fathers, Jacobs' second novel is as emotionally resonant as it is intellectually sharp.

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""A classically intricate portrait of life in the 80’s, paired with the unique realities of the fictional teens within, Jacobs has created a lyrical coming of age mottled with the complexities and fragility of growing up.  Later Days slowly builds the characters within from teens as they mature amongst the backdrop of suburban society through to some of their final days as they battle sorrow, sympathy, the path not taken, and the life that could have been.""—Jill Rey, For The Love Of The Page

Author Information

Chip Jacobs is a genre-crossing author and prize-winning journalist. His first novel, Arroyo, about Pasadena, California's mysterious Colorado Street Bridge, was a Los Angeles Times bestseller, CrimeReads most anticipated book and Independent Book Publisher Award honoree. Among his other books are the international bestselling Smogtown, which he co-wrote with William J. Kelly and is under development for a streaming series, the acclaimed black-comedy, true-crime story, The Darkest Glare, and the Indies Book of the Year Finalist, Strange As It Seems. Jacobs’ reporting and subjects have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Marketplace, CNN, LA Weekly, and the Los Angeles Daily News and elsewhere. Learn more at chipjacobs.com.

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