{"product_id":"stiff-9780393050936","title":"Stiff","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"One of the funniest and most unusual books of the year....Gross, educational, and unexpectedly sidesplitting.\"—\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Roach exhibits both a keen sense of humor and a sincere respect for the dearly departed.\" -- American Scientist\u003cbr\u003e\"A very funny book....full of surprises.\" -- Craig McLaughlin - Arkansas Democrat-Gazette\u003cbr\u003e\"Roach saw some macabre things, but she describes them with respect and irresistible humor.\" -- Austin American-Statesman\u003cbr\u003e\"Roach displays her metier in tangents about bizarre incendents in pathological history.\" -- Gilbert Taylor - Booklist\u003cbr\u003e\"Surprisingly entertaining. Similar in tone to Bill Bryson's travel books, Roach manages to be humorous yet respectful.\" -- Rick Mathis - Chattanooga Times Free Press\u003cbr\u003e\"Every detail is fascinating.\" -- Henry Kisor - Chicago Sun-Times\u003cbr\u003e\"Bring[s] alive a subject that has the potential to be deadly dull.\" -- Steve Fiffer - Chicago Tribune\u003cbr\u003e\"Her morbid subject—perverse, unsettling and voyeuristic—makes her book hard to put down.\" -- Dean Narcisco - Columbus Dispatch\u003cbr\u003e\"This bizarre tome will shock, disgust, intrigue and entertain you all at the same time.\" -- Mary Morrison - Coral Gables Gazette\u003cbr\u003e\"[Roach's] knack for detailed research and loose Dave Barry-ish style makes \u003ci\u003eStiff\u003c\/i\u003e a leisurely and enjoyable read.\" -- Tom Westin - Daily Yomiuri\u003cbr\u003e\"Though the cover...will draw many readers to this book, its deft prose will keep them returning.\" -- Fred Bortz - Dallas Morning News\u003cbr\u003e\"Outrageously funny, irreverent\"—but respectful....so delightfully written, this book is difficult to put down.\" -- Brian Richard Boylan - Denver Post\u003cbr\u003e\"Whimsical, hysterical and terribly interesting.\" -- Katy Human - Detroit Free Press\u003cbr\u003e\"A fascinating survey of the data yielded by corpses both medieval and modern.\" -- Discover Magazine\u003cbr\u003e\"Acutely entertaining, morbidly fascinating.\" -- Forbes\u003cbr\u003e\"An informative, gently funny but never irreverent look at the various uses society makes of the dead.\" -- Tom Pantera - Forum\u003cbr\u003e\"Well-written and deadly funny.\" -- Bruce Willey - Good Times Magazine\u003cbr\u003e\"Roach is a masterful writer....Irreverent? Maybe a little. Disrespectful? Emphatically no.\" -- Lisa Parsons - Hippo Press, Manchester, NH\u003cbr\u003e\"The numerous tidbits of information derived from the author's travels and interviews make [this book] uniquely appealing.\" -- Joseph H Davis, MD - Journal of the American Medical Association\u003cbr\u003e\"Fascinating, unexpectedly fresh and funny look at the multiplicity of ways in which cadavers benefit the living.... entertaining, absolutely.\" -- Kirkus Reviews starred review\u003cbr\u003e\"Despite the irreverent, macabre title, this is a respectful and serious examination of what happens to cadavers, past and present.\" -- Michael D Cramer - Library Journal\u003cbr\u003e\"As weird as the book gets, Roach manages to convey a sense of respect and appreciation for her subjects.\" -- Los Angeles Times\u003cbr\u003e\"It's a rare talent that can make people want to throw up and laugh at the same time.\" -- Roy Rivenberg - Los Angeles Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\"Bizarrely entertaining.\" -- Susan Ellis - Memphis Flyer\u003cbr\u003e\"Mary Roach is an extremely funny science writer\" -- Laurence A Marschall - Natural History\u003cbr\u003e\"A funny but never disrespectful look at the curious world of cadaver research.\" -- Netsurfer.com\u003cbr\u003e\"Roach's deliberate carefulness diminishes the topic's gore and sets a comfortable, comic tone that finds solace in its own oddity.\" -- Tom Lynch - New City\u003cbr\u003e\"[A] mordantly witty history of the scientific contributions made by the no-longer-living.\" -- Outside\u003cbr\u003e\"Roach's conversational tone and her gallows humor bring her subjects to life....Morbidly entertaining.\" -- Alex Abramovich - People Magazine\u003cbr\u003e\"A quick and compelling, if slightly uneasy, read.\" -- Justin Bauer - Philadelphia City Paper\u003cbr\u003e\"Roach traces the use of the cadaver...and describes odd, behind-the-scenes moments perfect to halt all discussion at dinner.\" -- T.D. Mobley-Martinez - Philadelphia News\u003cbr\u003e\"Genuinely funny and destined to be a classic read.\" -- Donald A Collins - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review\u003cbr\u003e\"What saves the subject matter from intolerable gruesomeness is Roach. Her interest is genuine, despite her droll tone.\" -- B.T. Shaw - Portland Oregonian\u003cbr\u003e\"As informative and respectful as it is irreverent and witty....Impossible to put down.\" -- Publishers Weekly starred review\u003cbr\u003e\"Expect the insightful with the hilarious.\" -- Bridget Kinsella - PW Daily\u003cbr\u003e\"[Roach] artfully and humorously unwraps the mystery of the dead body....an interesting and informative read.\" -- Deborah Love - Richmond Times-Dispatch\u003cbr\u003e\"Lively and quirky....the writer's style is genuinely warm...she has a keen eye for observation of unique and ironic details.\" -- Michael Jaffee - San Antonio Express-News\u003cbr\u003e\"A joy to read....this is wonderful stuff.\" -- Tim Redmond - San Francisco Bay Guardian\u003cbr\u003e\"Fascinating and oddly fun.\" -- San Francisco Chronicle\u003cbr\u003e\"Every page fairly drips with dark humor.\" -- Matt Palmquist - San Francisco Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\"[Roach] manages to make material that normally comes with a warning for the faint-hearted somehow light-hearted.\" -- Jill Wolfson - San Jose Mercury News\u003cbr\u003e\"Well written, with a reader-friendly format.\" -- Howard S Pitkow - Science Books and Films\u003cbr\u003e\"[Roach's] firsthand accounts of places and people make this a captivating look at life after death.\" -- Science News\u003cbr\u003e\"Delightful....authoritative, endlessly curious and drolly funny.\" -- Adam Wong - Seattle Times\u003cbr\u003e\"[Roach] has written a curiously funny, touching and respectful study.\" -- Nancy Summers - Tampa Tribune \u0026amp; Times\u003cbr\u003e\"An unflinching, often hilarious cultural history.\" -- Erica C Barnett - The Stranger\u003cbr\u003e\"Roach's dry, irreverent wit makes for a delightful—though never disrespectful—read.\" -- Les Simpson - Time Out New York\u003cbr\u003e\"A laugh-out-loud funny book....one of those wonderful books that offers enlightenment in the guise of entertainment.\" -- Washington City Paper\u003cbr\u003e\"Our own instinctive discomfort with death provides fodder for Roach's dry sense of humor throughout the book\" -- Ana Marie Cox - Washington Post\u003cbr\u003e\"Roach...goes into gruesome detail, but she also succeeds in not making the subject at hand too morbid.\" -- Kim Colton - Willamette Week\u003cbr\u003e\"A fascinating book and, once you pick it up, you won't likely put it down.\" -- William R Wineke - Wisconsin State Journal\u003cbr\u003e\"As fascinating as it is funny.... The research is admirable, the anecdotes carefully chosen, and the prose lively; and they combine to produce a book that everyone in the health care field should \u003ci\u003ehave\u003c\/i\u003e to read, and everyone else will want to.\" -- Caleb Carr, author of The Alienist\u003cbr\u003e\"Droll, dark, and quite wise, Stiff makes being dead funny and fascinating and weirdly appealing.\" -- Susan Orlean","brand":"WW Norton \u0026 Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49525119975767,"sku":"9780393050936","price":20.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780393050936.jpg?v=1731859300","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/stiff-9780393050936","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}