The Last Revision

By Patrick Smith

Bill is ninety-nine years old when a young woman he barely recognizes returns a journal he lost decades ago-a small green notebook with a Snoopy sticker on the cover.

And the memories begin.

The Last Revision traces a life across continents and decades-from a childhood shaped by movement and uncertainty, through a hard-won coming out, years of solitude in New York City, and a late and enduring love. As Bill reflects on the life he has lived, he revisits the past from its imagined end.

Moving fluidly between memory and reconstruction, the novel presents a life as it might be remembered-assembled, reconsidered, and, at times, quietly revised. What emerges is a meditation on time, identity, and the stories we tell ourselves in order to understand a life.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GZG2DSJM
• ISBN13: 9798994861424
• Release Date: May 2026
• Publisher: Self Same Press
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"