More of a short story than a full-on novel, The End of the Alphabet is a brief whirlwind tour of the world set immediately after a man named Ambrose Zephyr is informed by his doctor he has about a month to live.

He and his wife Zappora Ashkenazi try to map his remaining days to places based on letters in the alphabet: A for Amsterdam, B for Brussels, etc. Along the way they're each overwhelmed by frustration, memory, fear, love, and confusion about their newly discovered twist of fate. Although very short, this was a thought-provoking look at how the brain grapples with life-altering situations.

The writing style and form of the book was half great and half frustrating: first-person dialogue, memories from both characters, and a running story of the present were all commingled into one stream of consciousness narrative. Along with the constant references to the alphabet, the otherwise great writing sometimes came across as distracting and gimmicky.