![]() He parlays this into a company called "Future, Inc." which makes all the right investments, and by the time 1988 rolls around again, Jeff is fabulously wealthy, and married to a boring, materialistic woman from another super-rich family, the one bright spot in his life being his daughter. After going through the predictable stages of shock, disbelief, and wtf?, he makes good use of his recollection of horse races and baseball games, and quickly builds up a large stake with gambling winnings. When he dies of a heart attack in 1988, Winston (a middle-manager in a failed, childless marriage) finds himself back in college, the year is 1963, and he's 18 again. In Replay, however, Jeff Winston doesn't just relive one day over and over again - he relives 25 years. The comparison to Groundhog Day is inevitable, as this novel (which came out several years before Bill Murray's film) has the same basic premise: a guy keeps dying and waking up in the past, and has to relive his life all over again. ![]() Who hasn't fantasized about what you'd do if you could relive your youth but still knowing everything you know now? ![]() This time around he'd know how to do it right. This time around, Jeff would gain all the power and wealth he never had before. But then he awoke, and it was 1963 Jeff was 18 all over again, his memory of the next two decades intact. ![]() ![]() In 1988, 43-year-old Jeff Winston died of a heart attack. ![]()
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