The Book of Otis is the incredible memoir of Mansur Johnson, an old man whose 107 year old mother is dying. Mansur is living at the poverty level although his stock account is valued at $300,000. He’s living at the poverty level out of habit. It was after his home was destroyed by flood after his water lines burst after freezing while he was in Guatemala studying Spanish, Mansur is receiving $1,250 per month Social Security. His interior decorating has suffered PTSD as a result of the flood. One benefit is that the State of Arizona helps poverty level people, and there is no 20% co-payment to augment the 80% charge Medicare pays. Our hero’s mother dies, and a hurricane disrupts his life. He has to move 75 boxes from storage in a shed leaking water. Bedrooms two and three in his modest home are filled with boxes. He continues to live modesty and drive his black 2021 Model 3 Tesla. He got the car three years before his inheritance. He sold stock, gold, and his grandmother Frances Metz Klemm's engagement ring to cousin Bill to buy the car. His favorite color is black. Stagehands wear black. The model 3, which cost an extra $1,000 to arrive from the factory black rather than the standard white, is named The Black Beauty. He lives modestly and hopes to build wealth for his four boys by following his unique stock investment strategy. He only invests in stocks he uses a lot, like Amazon and Google and Tesla, and a few companies he admires and uses not at all, like Goldman Sachs. The author takes the reader on a rapid-fire trip through his life as a fatherless child, a career in show business (as a movie grip and stage carpenter), and author of 12 books. His penname is Mansur Johnson, a name bequeathed to him by the subject of my book Murshid, Samuel L. Lewis, who was one of several Sufi murshids that he associated with; the other murshid was Shamcher Bryn Beorse, the subject of his book Shamcher. He helped each with what they needed.