Lonny Day used to be famous.

He made a great living impersonating John F. Kennedy—until 1963 changed everything.

Now his career is gone, his beloved wife Doris has disappeared, and what’s left of his life is unraveling fast. What follows is a wildly unpredictable journey across a world that feels just slightly off its axis, mob bosses, billionaires chasing immortality, strange encounters that may or may not be real with extraterrestrials, an obsessed ventriloquist with a very sinister dummy, and a man trying to make sense of who he is when everything that defined him has vanished.

Don’t Stand Under the Coconut Tree is a sharp, darkly comic novel about fame, identity, and the moment American culture shifted overnight. If you enjoy intelligent satire, cultural commentary, and stories that walk the line between absurd and insightful, this is a book that will stay with you.