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Dead Weird!
Death is a pretty serious business – but it doesn't all have to be doom and gloom.
In "Dead Weird", Jim Hewitson is let loose on the ultimate taboo and finds that death can be fun for all the family, a good day out or the perfect excuse for a booze up or a fight. Executions, grizzly murders, raising the dead, battlefield carnagen clean-in-between-the-sheets death, traditions, proverbs, omens, anthems and premature burials – they're all here to give us a new perspective on life's greatest certainty: DEATH.
In "Dead Weird", Jim Hewitson is let loose on the ultimate taboo and finds that death can be fun for all the family, a good day out or the perfect excuse for a booze up or a fight. Executions, grizzly murders, raising the dead, battlefield carnagen clean-in-between-the-sheets death, traditions, proverbs, omens, anthems and premature burials – they're all here to give us a new perspective on life's greatest certainty: DEATH.
277 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2004
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August 6, 2010
An entertaining and fast read about mortuary practices over the centuries in Scotland. Quite amusing! :)
June 25, 2008
As a whole, I did enjoy this book, although
since there was no plot to get sucked into,
I had to take a break every now and again.
It was also interesting to read a Scottish
perspective on American and other culture's
funerary traditions.
This book is perfect for flipping through
during spare moments.
since there was no plot to get sucked into,
I had to take a break every now and again.
It was also interesting to read a Scottish
perspective on American and other culture's
funerary traditions.
This book is perfect for flipping through
during spare moments.
Displaying 1 - 2 of 2 reviews