The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey

A Novel

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$17.00 US
Penguin Adult HC/TR | Riverhead Books
36 per carton
On sale Nov 01, 2011 | 978-1-59448-550-3
Sales rights: World
NOW AN APPLE TV+ SERIES STARRING SAMUEL L. JACKSON

The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey is a masterful, moving novel about age, memory, and family from one of the true literary icons of our time.

Marooned in an apartment that overflows with mementos from the past, 91-year-old Ptolemy Grey is all but forgotten by his family and the world. But when an unexpected opportunity arrives, everything changes for Ptolemy in ways as shocking and unanticipated as they are poignant and profound.

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NOW AN APPLE TV+ SERIES STARRING SAMUEL L. JACKSON

The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey is a masterful, moving novel about age, memory, and family from one of the true literary icons of our time.

Marooned in an apartment that overflows with mementos from the past, 91-year-old Ptolemy Grey is all but forgotten by his family and the world. But when an unexpected opportunity arrives, everything changes for Ptolemy in ways as shocking and unanticipated as they are poignant and profound.