22 Feb 2022

Book review: This Mortal Coil: A History of Death

From Nine To Noon, 10:35 am on 22 February 2022
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Bronwyn Wylie-Gibb of University Book Shop Dunedin reviews This Mortal Coil: A History of Death  by Andrew Doig,  published by Bloomsbury

Bronwyn says: It's a fascinating history of how and why we’ve died in the past and how changing our lives has changed our deaths. Erudite, clear and surprisingly lively!

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