Null K

We are born without a choice. Do we have to die in the same way? "Zero K" is DeLillo's smartest, most humorous, and most moving novel in years, a grand father-son story, a meditation on death and eternity, and a love letter to life. Ross Lockhart is a billionaire in his sixties with a much younger wife, Artis Martineau. She is seriously ill. Ross is a major investor in a secretive company that aims to eliminate death. The project: to freeze the dying and revive them only when medicine and technology have advanced enough for humans to live eternally without illness. When Artis decides to undergo this process, Ross's son Jeffrey arrives to say goodbye to his stepmother - for an indefinite period. The conclusion of this novel is among the best and most beautiful.