Skip to main content
PBS logo
 
 

Book Review of Being Dead

Being Dead
Being Dead
Author: Jim Crace
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
reviewed on + 105 more book reviews


This book starts with the sudden death of a couple and then alternates chapters moving backwards and forwards in time to show the chain of events that led to their death, and the final evolution of their bodies.

Primarily, it is a love story; it is not a drama or mystery. Poetic. Very biological (a lot of time is spent throughout the book on decomposition).

Great writing, but I didn't care for it.

2 stars out of 5