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The Quick and the Dead

By: Cynric Temple-Camp
Narrated by: Mark Davis
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True stories of life and death from a New Zealand pathologist

From the number one best-selling author of The Cause of Death comes an audiobook about the unlikely, extraordinary, obscure and often tragic ways humans meet their end.

A dead body without a trace of trauma; alien parasites; worms of the brain; crocodile attacks and bizarre eating disorders....In The Quick and the Dead, pathologist and self-confessed death-aficionado Dr. Cynric Temple-Camp takes listeners into a world of disease and death as he seeks answers for those who were unlucky, and those still alive to tell the tale.

©2020 Cynric Temple-Camp (P)2020 HarperCollins Publishers Medical Murder Professionals & Academics True Crime Crime
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Really enjoyed this audiobook, having read the author's other book. Very interesting stories from the author's experiences in Africa and New Zealand. My only complaint is the narrator's mangled pronunciation of New Zealand place names and te reo Māori (the narrator is not the author) - a little bit of research or checking out the correct pronunciation would've helped. Despite this, it's a great book and I definitely recommend it.

Very interesting

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Having gone to Africa to nurse I was particularly caught up in the story of the fight with the croc. Sadly a friend was lost to a croc
reminding me just how serious being in their territory is.
Your account of the different ways of caring for folk who have died was also fascinating. I was able to care for my dad when he died having experienced alternative ways of caring for family when they die.
What an amazing account. Thank you so much for taking the time to put pen to paper.
meg.

An amazing story.

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enjoyed listening to this book, was very interesting, good narration. I would recommend if you enjoy these types of books.

something different, very interesting.

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Anothet great book from the life of a pathologist. The first few chapters not for the squemish and perhaps don't lidten while eating. Overall a great book.
Did not like the narrators extremely bad promounciation of place names and voices for different people. Very distracting and annoying.

Science is awesome

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So interesting. The author has some terrific stories. Thought the narration was perfect too. Didn’t want it to end!

Fantastic

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Not the best narrator but great story. Good length. Very interesting. Would recommend to others

Great work stories

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Very enjoyable collection of stories, only let down by the appalling pronunciation of Maori words by the narrator. Such a shame because he was a great storyteller otherwise.

great story, appalling pronunciation

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Enjoyed this as eeemuch rd- zs ,===£,,£as the last one.
Enjoy hearing stories of people who lived before us and how what happens today was seee rare haped by a previous outcome

when's the3 next release?

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I like the premise of the book but the narrator makes it very hard to listen to. Especially with his constant accent changes - which is both unneccessary & annoying.

Interesting

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If you are going to name and quote people you should do so accurately, there is a person in this book I knew personally and what was attributed to them saying would never happen. Also the pronunciation of many of place names was terrible. The stories themselves were really interesting though.

Good story lines

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