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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 bestselling author of The Cause of Death comes a book 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 Dr Cynric Temple-Camp takes readers into a world of disease and death as he seeks answers for those who were unlucky, and those still alive to tell the tale.

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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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