A Modest Summation of Things

What if you knew you were going to die and only had one afternoon to give an accounting of your life? That is the task that has been presented to Ricardo, an old expat living in a tiny dusty town in Panama, a town where he has sought refuge from the world for the past fifteen years.



When it dawns on Ricardo that death is near, he feels an ancient urge to provide a reckoning of his life, his past loves, his polyamorous excesses, his philosophy, and his failures. He gives himself one afternoon to complete his accounting before he packs his bags.



From Robert Rahula, the acclaimed writer of Panamaniac and Uninvited Guest, comes the simple story of a man trying to comprehend what his life has meant.