Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
Mary Roach · 2003
What happens to bodies donated to science. Roach is funny about death, which is harder than it sounds.
The case against
Roach never met a pun she could decline, and across a whole book the jokes start arriving like a nervous tic at every solemn moment. Chapters are uneven (the Shroud of Turin detour is filler), and the format repeats: one facility visit, one wisecracking tour, next chapter. A terrific magazine feature, stretched to book length.
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