#89
Title: Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
Author: Mary Roach
Publisher: Norton
Year: 2003
Genre: Medicine, natural history
304 pages
Roach's enjoyable inquiry into the history and uses (and misuses) of human cadavers, while not exhaustive, explores emblematic activities (cremation, research, etc.). Roach is a genial guide, willing to endure a great variety of smells, body parts, and activities most of us prefer not to watch in order to pursue her narrative. She tells the tales entertainingly yet respectfully, and with obvious affection for both the living and the dead.
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