Reincarnation Blues, Michael Poore
Reincarnation Blues, Michael Poore
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Reincarnation Blues

Author: Michael Poore

Narrator: Mark Bramhall

Unabridged: 13 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/22/2017


Synopsis

A wildly imaginative novel about a man who is reincarnated over ten thousand lifetimes to be with his one true love: Death herself.

“This book made me laugh out loud. And then a page later, it made me sob. Reminiscent of Tom Robbins and Christopher Moore, Poore finds humor in the dark absurdities of life.”—Chicago Review of Books

First we live. Then we die. And then . . . we get another try?

Ten thousand tries, to be exact. Ten thousand lives to “get it right.” Answer all the Big Questions. Achieve Wisdom. And Become One with Everything.

Milo has had 9,995 chances so far and has just five more lives to earn a place in the cosmic soul. If he doesn’t make the cut, oblivion awaits. But all Milo really wants is to fall forever into the arms of Death. Or Suzie, as he calls her.

More than just Milo’s lover throughout his countless layovers in the Afterlife, Suzie is literally his reason for living—as he dives into one new existence after another, praying for the day he’ll never have to leave her side again.

But Reincarnation Blues is more than a great love story: Every journey from cradle to grave offers Milo more pieces of the great cosmic puzzle—if only he can piece them together in time to finally understand what it means to be part of something bigger than infinity. Darkly enchanting and wisely hilarious, Michael Poore’s Reincarnation Blues is the story of everything that makes life profound, beautiful, absurd, and heartbreaking.

Because it’s more than Milo and Suzie’s story. It’s your story, too.

About The Author

Michael Poore’s short fiction has appeared in Glimmer Train, Southern Review, Agni, Fiction, and Asimov’s. His story “The Street of the House of the Sun” was selected for The Year’s Best Nonrequired Reading 2012. His first novel, Up Jumps the Devil, was hailed by The New York Review of Books as “an elegiac masterpiece.” Poore lives in Highland, Indiana, with his wife, poet and activist Janine Harrison, and their daughter, Jianna.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Samantha on August 18, 2019

This book is very weird and even fucked up at times, and I think I could have done with it being a bit less fucked up. But for a guy living thousands of lives, I kinda respect that there was a variety of high and low points. And weird points. I think I’ll be doing a full review on my channel of this......more

Goodreads review by Robin on July 15, 2017

First, the Caveat: I got this book for free, as an ARC. I don't think that affects my opinion of it, but I like to be transparent. I also met the author, who seems to be a very nice fellow! The following is NOT a negative comment. Don't read it that way. This is not the sort of fantasy book I write, n......more

Goodreads review by Mary ~Ravager of Tomes~ on August 21, 2017

Reincarnation Blues is the story of Milo, or rather the many stories of Milo as he reincarnates over and over and... over again in an attempt to reach Perfection. In a variety of ways, he's fucked up every single one of the 9,995 lives he's lived thus far & now he only has 5 more tries to get it rig......more

Goodreads review by Jenne on February 24, 2018

I mostly liked the experience of reading it... it was funny and full of good observations...but there was a definite feeling of “straight white guy wrote this”. I mean, not even one of the main lives was female? And the big magical insight at the end was...pretty naïve at best, and actually kind of......more

Goodreads review by Bradley on January 30, 2022

What a delightful book! The oldest human soul (a perpetual fuck-up that should have moved on LONG AGO) has loved Death, or at least the Power's incarnation, and she loves him back. It's sweet. Of course, it's not all roses. Indeed, once you get to the 10k year mark of reincarnation, you go poof. Queue......more


Quotes

“The most fun you’ll have reading about a man who has been killed by both catapult and car accident.”—NPR

“This book made me laugh out loud. And then a page later, it made me sob. Reminiscent of Tom Robbins and Christopher Moore, Poore finds humor in the dark absurdities of life.”Chicago Review of Books

“Charming . . . surprisingly light and uplifting . . . It reads like a writer having fun.”New York Journal of Books