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Down Among the Dead Men
- A Year in the Life of a Mortuary Technician
- Narrated by: Liz Holliss
- Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
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Summary
Michelle Williams, an attractive young woman with close family ties and an active social life, describes her first extraordinary year in her unusual new job as a mortuary technician. It’s a year in which, with innate good humour, she encounters death at its most tragic, bizarre, and hilarious. Her tale, neither gruesome nor sad, is enlivened by a range of colourful and eccentric characters, from pathologists and coroners to hospital porters and undertakers, giving us a glimpse of life - and death - that few of us will ever experience.
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- Bestyearsltd
- 11-10-12
Terrible
This book could have been brilliant, as its a fascinating subject but instead it is cluttered with endless useless, boring details of the author's life. Very dull, please don't bother
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- Helen
- 19-06-12
Mediocre at best
I find the author a little too patronising of her colleagues and "clients" if I'm honest. An interesting read/listen, but not well written.
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- Marshy Mermaid
- 28-12-12
Cool job, shame about the over share
When focusing on the actual job this is fascinating and interesting read - 5* The author is a little odd, her ideas on relationships and the male/female role are bizarre and the way she states them as if this is everyone feels suggests a small world, a little patronising too others at times too which I hate to experience in any way which brought this down to 3*. But it is tolerable and the job is so interesting its worth reading up beware the let down of all the strange personal stuff she should have just kept to herself.
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- vanessa
- 01-10-12
dull as ditchwater
This potentially interesting book is rendered lifeless by both the writing and the narration. It is badly written, the style is flat, atonal and humourless. The author states that she is 30 years old when she takes the mortuary job, but the narrator sounds much older and this does not work at all. This book is also patronising in its tone. I know it's a book about working in a mortuary, but this book seriously needs some life injecting into it. Definitely not recommended.
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- Andrea
- 16-09-12
Fascinating, poignant and informative
A great insight into the little-known world of the mortuary technician and all that it entails. This book describes in detail the gory side of life in a mortuary, but also the human side. I enjoyed it as it was a written from a female perspective in a male-dominated world without being over sensitive. It says it like it is! Very thought-provoking and sad at times, but by no means a depressing book in my humble opinion. It answered the curiousity I have had about autopsies and what goes on after death.
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- Lisa Speck
- 27-09-19
Love it
Love this book have read hard copy 10+times and now have it on audio even better
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- S. Thomas
- 02-01-13
Awful
The subject matter & title sounded fascinating and I listened to the preview but this book bored me so much I gave up on it before finishing it. I was not interested in the author's home life & did not think it added anything to the story. Added to that I thought it was badly written. I don't like to be harsh but I thought this was an awful, long winded & boring book.
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- Arthur
- 09-08-12
Strange But Excellent Read
My curiosity got the better of me when I purchased this book, and I'm so glad it did. What a fantastic and strangely inspirational read. I thoroughly reccomend this book.
Arthur. Australia
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- Angel-A
- 16-07-12
Well Read, would Recommend
This audio was very informative and very well read by a Brit, most enjoyable, humerous and quite sad in parts but then so is life, and death!
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- Anonymous User
- 13-09-23
Brilliant !
Thoroughly captivated listening to this book, it really was fascinating to listen to what goes on in the mortuary, but in such detail ! The narrator makes it very easy to listen and they just kept me hooked the whole time listening ! Definitely up there with one of my favourite listens !
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