Embarking on a three-year trip across the US and the UK, journalist Hayley Campbell met with a variety of professionals in the death industry to see how they work. Along the way, Campbell encountered funeral directors, embalmers, a man who dissects cadavers for anatomy students, and a former executioner who is responsible for ending 62 lives. Campbell weaves together reportage with memoir, history, and philosophy, to offer readers a fascinating look into the psychology of Western death.
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