A razor-sharp, darkly humorous tale about a young man on the edge of self-destruction, and self-discovery.
Oliver Ashby has a plan.
It involves cheese wire, awkward poetry circles, and maybe fixing the entire country.
At seventeen, Oliver is cynical, autistic, and emotionally detached – content to dissect life through a lens of biting sarcasm and questionable decisions. He keeps people at arm’s length, preferring awkward YouTube searches to actual human connection.
But when a routine letter-writing exercise to Jesus turns into a gut-punch confrontation with grief, Oliver’s carefully controlled life implodes. Suddenly, he’s dealing with first crushes, broken homes, disastrous good intentions, and the terrifying possibility of actually feeling something.
As his world spirals, Oliver hatches a brilliant, unhinged plan to fix society itself. What could possibly go wrong?
Darkly funny, heartbreakingly honest, and utterly unique, Cancel Culture Can’t Save You Now is a queer neurodiverse coming-of-age comedy about grief, identity, and the absurdity of modern life.
Perfect for fans of The Catcher in the Rye, Heartstopper, and A Little Life – this is a story that will make you laugh, ache, and remember what it means to care.