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The Quick and the Dead

By: Cynric Temple-Camp
Narrated by: Mark Davis
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About this listen

True stories of life and death from a New Zealand pathologist


From the number-one bestselling author of The Cause of Death comes a book about the unlikely, extraordinary, obscure and often tragic ways humans meet their end.

A dead body without a trace of trauma; alien parasites; worms of the brain; crocodile attacks and bizarre eating disorders ... In The Quick and the Dead, pathologist Dr Cynric Temple-Camp takes readers into a world of disease and death as he seeks answers for those who were unlucky, and those still alive to tell the tale.

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Great story, lot's of interesting details about pathothology, Zimbabwe, New Zealand and life!

Only annoying thing is the narrator did not research his pronounciations properly. There's Zimbos, Safas and Kiwis all round the world screaming out correct pronounciations of words, places and names

very interesting life experience

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This book is a fantastic journey through the mysteries of our lives, bodies and human customs. Beautifully written with a lot of wisdom and compassion. A true jewel.

A fantastic journey with so much soul

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Great book from a knowledgeable pathologist. Narration is also good. Fascinating hearing the stories from Africa and New Zealand

Must read / listen

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If this is your sort of genre then I highly recommend this audio book.

Great listen

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Narration was good.
The book is fascinating and really shows the humanity of the author. No bragging about how good he is at his job, just an honest set of reflective accounts. A very good book indeed

Fascinating!

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