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After the Funeral: The Posthumous Adventures of Famous Corpses
After the Funeral The Posthumous Adventures of Famous Corpses
Author: Edwin Murphy
It is commonly thought that after death and burial the remains of an individual are left to "rest in peace" --but history reveals that in many instances this has most definitely not been the case. Demonstrating this, "After the Funeral" follows the postmortem exploits of the bodies--or parts of bodies--of thirty-five famous a...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780806515991
ISBN-10: 0806515996
Publication Date: 1995
Pages: 244
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3.6 stars, based on 4 ratings
Publisher: Citadel Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Helpful Score: 3
*laugh* There are so many books I received before this one, but I couldn't resist starting this one. And I couldn't stop, I had to keep reading. I really intended to put it aside and finish it later, but it kept calling to me.

This was a fascinating, sometimes horrifying (in the "oh my word, they did WHAT?" way), often amusing book. It journals the trials and travels of famous corpses, and corpse bits. Heads, hearts, ashes, as well as the entire body are traced through all sorts of odd and strange events.

The reasoning behind the corpse-stealing, the head-hunting, etc is fascinating. Sometimes the enemies stole the body. Sometimes the friends did. Sometimes random guards did. A peaceful burial is not guarnteed!

The writing style was smooth and easy to read, giving enough information to keep it interesting, but not so much the stories bogged down. I do wish the author hadn't felt the need to italize "after the funeral" every time he used it, but that's a minor point. And he just couldn't resist a pun here and there, but there were not too many....just enough that when you let your guard down, another appeared!
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Helpful Score: 2
A quirky read - not the kind of book you sit down and read cover to cover, but instead, one you pick up to read one story and then come back to. Almost reads like a cheesy TV show (with lines sort of like, "And then we'll know, what happened, AFTER THE FUNERAL!") but has a bunch of really interesting and (sorry to say) amusing stories about dozens of people whose bodies weren't laid to rest whole.
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I think the premise behind this book is very entertaining. It is interesting to see where some famous people do end up when they die. It was a good book in that respect. I think the one drawback that keeps this book from greater appeal is that the famous people are not those that younger people might recognize. With that aside, if offbeat books about corpses and their misadventures trips your trigger, give this one a go.


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